Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Rhythm

Definition:  Rhythm is a pattern of words that contain similar sounds. Rhythm produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.



Example:  The wind in her hair over there

          The chair that sat with her hair

          Eyes on eyes

          Fire and lye

          In the river sky on I 



Significance: A movement with uniform recurrence of a beat or accent. In the poetry, rhythm broadly speaking. Rhythm gives the poem a distinct beat to a line. Also makes reader easy to read.

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