oticeable. The first lines of the poem each begin in Thee. Most lines after this begin in Thy. In the change from Thee, Thee, and Thee to Thy, Thy, and Thy one can almost hear the changing tone of a trains rhythm as it passes by. The Doppler Effect is also captured in the change from the quick, repetitive use of strong, harsh words towards the beginning to more lingering, softer words as the description comes to an end.The aural effect created by onomatopoeia in To a Locomotive in Winter gives the reader a sense of just having been passed by a train. Whitmans use of onomatopoeia in this poem relies more on the formation of words than in individual words that imitate the sounds of a train. He is so precise in his imitation that he replicates the tone change of the Doppler Effect. This makes the soliloquy which follows even more powerful. ...
