rhythm
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈrɪðəm/
- Literature
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métrica
- The rhythm of the poem creates a musical quality that draws the reader in.
- rhythm of syllables
- rhythm of speech
- rhythm of words
You will hear about the rhythm of prose and about the rhythm of gospel.
- You will hear about the rhythm of prose and about the rhythm of gospel.
- And it's like, oh, I like the rhythm of his poetry.
- She was like, have more rhythm to the way that you speak.
Examples
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Their leaps and twirls are juxtaposed against the persistent rhythm of the band's marches.
Academic text (1993) -
Mother says the person who can master the rhythm of the iambic pentameter can master the English language.
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When I heard her heart in that terrible rhythm... I knew what peace could be.
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And it's like, oh, I like the rhythm of his poetry.
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Then she dug in and started to get the rhythm of the pitches.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was in poetry and it had that rhythm to it.
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An example is asking students to work from a particular rhythm or tonal pattern.
Academic text (1999) -
The way you follow the rhythms of the poetry, your sensitivity to it.
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Like songwriters, poets often express their ideas through a recognizable repetition of these rhythms or poetic meter.
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Poets carefully consider the rhythm of their verses to enhance the meaning of their work.
Synonyms
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1.0
A regular rhythm like the sound in music or a heartbeat
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6.0
A regular pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem or song
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6.0
A regular pattern of sounds like speech or marching
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5.6
A regular pattern of strong and weak syllables in a poem
A pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem that makes it sound musical
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A daily cycle inside the body that controls sleep and other body changes
- NSFW
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5.6
A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's most fertile days
- Literature
A steady three-beat pattern like a horse's gallop used in music or dance
- Specialized
A pattern of brain waves at eight to twelve times per second in people who are awake but relaxed
- Specialized
A heart rhythm when a small part in the lower heart makes the heartbeat instead of the normal upper part
- Specialized
A pattern of notes where each note has a set length based on a beat, without regular strong beats
- Specialized
A regular pattern of beats in a song or dance that gives music its timing
- Specialized
A heart rhythm when a lower part of the heart makes the heartbeat instead of the usual upper part
- Literature
A pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem that makes it sound musical
- Literature
A poetic rhythm that copies the natural way people speak, with different numbers of weak syllables between strong ones
How Regular
- Literature
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3.9
- Literature
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rhythm comes from the old Greek word rhythmos, which means 'measured flow'. Think of the flow of words in a poem as waves with strong and weak beats, and that is why rhythm describes the pattern of syllables in speech.