Sound

I Heard a fly buzz when I died

-After reading the poem out loud, I did not find many examples of assonance, alliteration, consonance and etc... in the poem.
-I found the consonance of heard and died (de) in the 1st line, and it reminded me of what a dying person's voice would be like.
-In the last line, the consonance of see and see (s). The person obviously could no longer see, yet, the poet put two see here. It probably represent the little energy a person have left.
-The poet used the onomatopoeia, buzz to express the sound of a fly.
-The most dominant sound in the poem is the buzz sound.
-The author used Iambic tetrameter throughout the poem. With the meter in the poem, it emphazises the ups and downs of the poem adding depth to the poem. Iambic adds to the poem slowness.
-at some places, the poet uses semicolon, and commas. These are used irregularly. When one thinks of a dying person, their words are often irregularly punctuated, and the poet probably tried to show that here.
-The sound elements make the the poem more dramatic. Overall, the tone is pretty slow, which further emphasize the process of dying.

She Sweeps with Many-Colored Brooms

-The consonance (s)and the assonance (s) is repeated throughout the poem. It makes the reader hear the brooms cleaning sound.

-The dominant sound is the (s) sound.
-The sound doesn't change throughout the poem.
-The author used iambic trimeter in the poem. Iambic makes the poem slow and less rapide.
-The punctuation is pretty much consistent except when she used the dash at the second to last line.
-The poem focused more on figurative language than sound. There aren't that many sound elements to the poem; however, the (s) sound does make the poem feel like incessant cleaning.