The use of onomatopoeia in literature : selected poems

Abstract EN

Onomatopoeia is the phenomenon that is used to imitate natural sounds as the ringing of bells ,the singing of birds, the sound is made an echo to the sense .It is the formation or making of a word by imitating the sound of the noise or action designated or made such as twitter ,hiss ..etc.

The present paper deals with the problem of the relation between onomatopoeia and arbitrariness and how the poets use onomatopoeic words in literature .It also discusses why those poets use these words and in which way.

The use of onomatopoeia in literature is clarified by analyzing some selected poems by different poets and in different ages and different periods The research concludes that onomatopoeia is a beautiful phenomenon which is found in all languages and every day there is a new one according to the things and objects that are invented or used as well as poets use of onomatopoeia to access the readers' auditory sense and create rich and beautiful sounds capes .