Analyze the sounds of either Kevin Young’s “Ode to Pork” or Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why.” Scanning poetry may be a new experience for some but try your very best to identify the poem’s rhyme scheme and meter, as well as any variations on or deviations from that meter within the poem. You should also point out any uses of effects like onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, and consonance. Finally, taking all of these techniques together, how does the poet use sound as a whole to support his or her main idea?
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