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Onomatopoeia Because of its special status symbolizing sound, onomatopoeia has the distinction of being the only aspect of English where there is an intrinsic connection between the language and the 'real world'. It is well known that the connection between words and their referents is arbitrary; house is no more appropriate than mansion (French) or casa (Spanish). Onomatopoeic words, however, may have a physical connection with their referents; the sound of wind is created by air moving through a restricted passage and this description is equally valid for the fricative consonants which may be used to represent the wind in a poetic context: I lay in an agony of imagination as the wind Limped up the stairs and puffed on the landings, Snuffled through floorboards from the foundations, ... (P. Redgrove, Old House) The use of conventional onomatopoeia in modern poetry is not remarkable in itself, although it may stand out...

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