How can you find the rhythm of a poem and create your own?
Right now, brainstorm and write down all the ways rhythm affects your life.
Rhythm is something you have always lived with, since the time you were in your mother's womb, listening to her heartbeat. In poetry, rhythm is the beat of the poem. It is the pattern of strong and weak syllables that make up the beat. The rhythm of the poem brings out the musical quality of the words. Some words are stressed, while others are unstressed.
Read the poem "Windy Nights" by Rodney Bennett. Keep track of the beats by marking the strong or stressed syllables with a stressed mark ('). Read each line of the poem aloud and put the stress marks above the syllables.
If you're having trouble hearing the stressed syllable, sit with a partner and read the poem to each other. Decide which syllables are stressed.
Take one of your own poems and find the rhythm scheme. Read it to your partner and see if he/she agrees with the rhythm scheme.
For homework, take a favorite poem or song and find its rhythm scheme.
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