Onomatoepeia!

                                                                

ONOMATOEPEIA!
(On-a-mat-a-pee-ya)

  Onomatoepeia! What a most exciting word!

I find I use it almost every day!

And there are more  examples that, as yet, I haven't heard!

And most of them are such great fun to say.

I'd be loudly shouting 'Tuxtax!' if I lived in ancient Rome

Intending to give someone else a whack.

I'd be saying 'Dokidoki!' if Tokyo was my home

And I was speaking of a heart-attack!

Take the truly great example that's illustrated here, 

Say 'Splat!' and then it's there, in your mind's eye,

It could be a well-aimed snowball that smacks one on the ear,
Or a fly-swat that gets a passing fly.
And think of all the animals whose voices we portray
In simple words that get the sound off-pat.
There's the 'Woof-woof!' and the 'Quack-quack' and the 'Oink-oink!' and the 'Neigh!",
And don't forget the "Meow!' of the cat!
I think all language started with an imitation sound;
A caveman must have instituted 'Plop!'
And other people liked it and so it spread around.
Goodness gracious, is it ever going to stop!