Rhythm

Def: Provides the poem’s beat by indicating the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.


Ex: One, two,

Buckle my shoe. Three, four, Shut the door.They know the days of the month by memorizing: Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November.... They even pick up bits of history by remembering such simple rhymes as: Columbus sailed the ocean blue In fourteen-hundred-ninety-two

A sunshiny shower
Won't last an hour.
Rain before seven;
Clear by eleven.
March winds and April showers
Bring forth May flowers.
Wishes
Won't wash dishes.
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.