Consonance and Onomatopoeia in "The Sieve and the Sand".

Man= Government and Firemen.
Woman=Society.

A Consonance, which is a Figure of Speech where consonant sounds are repeated in words that are close together, was also found in the following quote:

  “Ladies, you won´t understand a word. It goes umpty-tumpty-ump”. (Bradbury, 95).

In this example, the consonant sound of “ump” is repeated. By using it, Mildred produces the effect on the ladies and on the reader that poetry is boring and incomprehensible.

I perceived it because it is a way to show how “stupid” poetry was because it was unintelligible, sad and boring for the society that lived suppressed under the government’s regime and the TV parlor; which eradicated the brain activities and capabilities and made them live a superficial life.

I also found an onomatopoeia at the beginning of “The Sieve and the Sand”:

     

    “It´s only a dog, that´s what! You want me to shoo him?”. (Bradbury, 68).

In this quote, Mildred uses “shoo” instead of “Chase away”, dispel it away or any other similar phrase. The reader analyzes that, as society has been simplified, people are now using shorter words because, if they have less vocabulary, they will have less ability to think. Personally, I wouldn´t like to have my vocabulary reduced; because that would be another attempt of the government to control myself.