... ;crack" in this line has a strong "c" sound, almost resembling the sound that one's voice makes when it cracks from crying or from the cold, giving the poem onomatopoeia. This author's translation of the Russian poem, unlike others, does not dwell on the girl's grace or beauty, or the mesmerizing effect of the words, but rather dives head first ... ...
... a similar effect in that it reveals comic irony with a darker purpose of mocking the futility of life in the face of death. For example The taunting use of alliteration and onomatopoeia of "Yippity-yap" suggest the sounds of the merry, mocking flow of the river as it takes life, and so leaves the reader with a sense of the river ... ...
... explicit and brutal. Frost says "the buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard". Immediately, Frost conveys the dangerous, unforgiving nature of the saw through his use of onomatopoeia. Throughout the poem, there is sense of tension and drama, which culminates in a horrifying image of the boy trying to protect himself from the saw's wrath. He says "holding ... ...
