One of my favourite poetic devices is onomatopoeia. It's a long word, but simply means words that are also sounds. Words like moo, quack, roar, drip, drop, splash! By stringing sound words ...

In painstakingly laborious fashion, scenes of films were cut together to create this overwhelming piece of art ... focuses on onomatopoeia. A darkened room flashes up words that act out their ...

(Oh, come on, you remember ‘onomatopoeia,’ don’t you? The kind of word that sounds like its very definition: buzz, whirr, slam, clang.) To my surprise, a student took issue with my ...