Sound-writing

Sound-writing (instrumentation) is the deliberate sound organisation of artistic speech, the selection and repetition of sounds subordinated to the creation of a certain acoustic impression, the reinforcement of imagery and emotional effect. Sound-writing unites various devices of phonetic expressiveness — alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, sound repetitions — coordinating the sound of the verse with its content and mood. By means of sound-writing a poet can imitate phenomena of reality, convey movement, rhythm, an emotional state, create sound symbolism. Masterful instrumentation is a mark of a high versification culture; brilliant examples of sound-writing were given by Ukrainian modern poetry, notably Pavlo Tychyna. Sound-writing is an important level of the analysis of a poetic text, studying the interaction of sound form and sense as a component of the integral artistic structure of a work.