ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Rhythm in poetry can be thought of as the beat or the flow of a poem. It is made up of beat and repetition so it usually refers to features of sound. It is created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or a verse.

Detailed explanation-2: -In poetry, pre-measured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables are called meters. Stressed syllables-long sounding. Unstressed syllables-short sounding. Meters are the pattern of feet within a sentence. Feet are individual units of rhythm made up of patterns of syllables.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rhythm-musical quality based on repetition. A common form of rhythm is meter, a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line. When you analyze a poem to show its meter, you are scanning the poem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meter is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that defines the rhythm of some poetry. These stress patterns are defined in groupings, called feet, of two or three syllables. A pattern of unstressed-stressed, for instance, is a foot called an iamb.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meter. The pattern of stressed and unstressed parts of words is known as the meter. It is the arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned or rhythmic lines or verses. This can even be measured in metrical feet. A metrical foot tends to be formed with one stressed syllable and two unstressed syllables.