sounds of poetry

In poetry, the sounds the reader hears are not only dominant, they are essential. Poetry is very different from novelistic writing, and thus employs a different kind of emotional attachment for the reader. It is based upon powerful emotion that is triggered by the sounds and flow of the poem. Out Out by Robert Frost displayed this perfectly with lines like "The buzz-saw snarled."The reader is almost bombarded with different sounds that evoke an almost heightened awareness in the reader of their surroundings, and what is happening in the poem. This is the fundamental purpose of the sounds, to set a certain feel for the reader.