An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopoeia (as an uncountable noun) refers to the property of such words. Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises, such as "oink" or "meow" or "roar".
In poetry, such animal noises are commonly referred as onomatopoeias. They are inserted into poems to give the reader some auditory effects. For animal sounds, words like quack (duck), bark (dog), roar (lion) and meow (cat) are typically used in English. Some of these words are used both as nouns and as verbs.
An onomatopoeia is also another figurative language used to write poems.
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