Rhythm

Rhythm

Definition: The beat of the poem.


Example:
Some one

Some one came knocking
At my wee, small door;
Some one came knocking,
I'm sure - sure - sure;
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right,
But naught there was a-stirring
In the still dark night;
Only the busy beetle
Tap-tapping in the wall,
Only from the forest
The screech-owl's call,
Only the cricket whistling
While the dewdrops fall,
So I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.

~by Walter de la Mare~

Significance: Reading a poem with rhythm can be fun, rhythm helps the poem flows smooth.