A Poetry Handbook 19- 28

• To make  a poem, we must make chosen sounds.

• DingDong theory is a theory of Karl Willhelm Heyse, it maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions.

• The letters are divided into two general classes, which are vowels and consonants.

• Vowels form  perfect sound when uttered alone. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y.
• Consonants cannot be perfectly uttered till joined to vowel, and they are divided into semivowels and mutes. A semivowel is a consonant that can be imperfectly sounded without a vowel such as l, n, z, in al, an, az.

• Semivowels are f, b, j, l, n, r, s, v, w, x, y, n, z, and c and g soft.
• Among them, l, m, n, r are termed liquids, on account of the fluency of their sounds.
• v, w, y, z are the aspirates.
• k, p, t are the mutes which are consonants that cannot be sounded at all without a vowel, and when the end of a syllable suddenly stops the breath.

• Although three phrases mean exactly the same, we could use each of the phrases only under certain circumstances.

• While reading poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, focus on the pause within a 
  journey, the quiet, introspective voice of the speaker, the dark and solitary woods, the falling snow.

• Poets select words for their sound as well as their meaning, and that good poets make a good initial selections.