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Poetry > Rhythm
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Rhythm Defined
An essential of all poetry, the regular or progressive pattern of recurrent accents in the flow of a poem as determined by the arses and theses of the metrical feet, i.e., the rise and fall of stress. The measure of rhythmic quantity is the meter.
Sidelight: A rhythmic pattern in which the accent falls on the final syllable of each foot, as in the iamb or anapest, is called a rising or ascending rhythm; a rhythmic pattern with the accent occurring on the first syllable of each foot, as in the dactyl or trochee, is a falling or descending rhythm.
Sidelight: From an easy lilt to the rough cadence of a primitive chant, rhythm is the organization of sound patterns the poet has created for pleasurable reading.
(See also Ictus, Modulation, Sprung Rhythm)
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Fri Jul 3
- Salsa Rhythm
- Create Digital Music » rhythm
- Baseline Rhythm Calculator: Based on Richard Rutter article on 24ways.
Thu Jul 2
- Arabic Rhythm Patterns
- Latin Guitar
- YouTube - Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm: Grace Jones - Slaves To The RhythmIn this brand new, two-hour UK DVD release, the Princes Trust's Produced By Trevor Horn concert is captured in all its glor...
- Music Search: You can base your search on melody (i. e., pitch and rhythm), melodic contour, or just rhythm.
Wed Jul 1
- Ruin & Wesen: Generating african rhythms using the euclidean algorithm
- Grace Jones Hula Hoops While Performing 'Slave to the Rhythm'
- Billie Tweets: A Twitter tribute to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"
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