Question

Read these lines from the poem: Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hoofs ringing clear; Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear? Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill, What is the effect of the use of onomatopoeia in these lines?

Answer 1

It adds a pattern to the poem. It also allows the reader to imagine what the horses sounded like.