- "It cracked and growled, and roared and howled"
- "The whizzing of my crossbow bolt"
- "The echoing sound that floats abroad"
- "And envieth that they should live; I cannot choose but hear
His flapping wings, the Almighty’s curse"
- "The loud bassoon"
These examples of onomatopoeia help to create a sensory experience for the reader and to bring the scenes and events in the poem to life.