Onomatopoeia origin

onomatopoeia, the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it [such as buzz or hiss]. Onomatopoeia may also refer to the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. This occurs frequently in poetry, where a line of verse can express a characteristic of the thing being portrayed. In the following lines from Sylvia Plaths poem Daddy, the rhythm of the words suggests the movement of a locomotive:

An engine, an engine
Chuffing me off like a Jew.
A Jew to Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen.

The following lines from The Brook by Alfred, Lord Tennyson are another example:

I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.