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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Identifying the RHYTHM of a poem
I need help finding some RHYTHM patterns on this poem:
Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker
The skin cracks like a pod.
There never is enough water.
Imagine the drip of it,
the small splash, echo
in a tin mug,
the voice of a kindly god.
Sometimes, the sudden rush
of fortune. The municipal pipe bursts,
silver crashes to the ground
and the flow has found
a roar of tongues. From the huts,
a congregation : every man woman
child for streets around
butts in, with pots,
brass, copper, aluminium,
plastic buckets,
frantic hands,
and naked children
screaming in the liquid sun,
their highlights polished to perfection,
flashing light,
as the blessing sings
over their small bones.
Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker
The skin cracks like a pod.
There never is enough water.
Imagine the drip of it,
the small splash, echo
in a tin mug,
the voice of a kindly god.
Sometimes, the sudden rush
of fortune. The municipal pipe bursts,
silver crashes to the ground
and the flow has found
a roar of tongues. From the huts,
a congregation : every man woman
child for streets around
butts in, with pots,
brass, copper, aluminium,
plastic buckets,
frantic hands,
and naked children
screaming in the liquid sun,
their highlights polished to perfection,
flashing light,
as the blessing sings
over their small bones.
Top answer
This is free verse, so there is no formal meter, however, the "rhythm" seems to be "------>", that is, constantly propelling the reader forward. For example, in the line "The skin cracks like a pod", there is the sense of constantly being propelled forward, as opposed to if the sentence were "Like a pod, the skin cracks" - here there is a feeling of delay and immobility.
- This is free verse, so there is no formal meter, however, the "rhythm" seems to be "------>", that is, constantly propelling the reader forward.
- For example, in the line "The skin cracks like a pod", there is the sense of constantly being propelled forward, as opposed to if the sentence were "Like a pod, the skin cracks" - here there is a feeling of delay and immobility.
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This is free verse, so there is no formal meter, however, the "rhythm" seems to be "------>", that is, constantly propelling the reader forward. For example, in the line "The skin cracks like a pod", there is the sense of constantly being propelled forward, as opposed to if the sentence were "Like a pod, the skin cracks" - here there is a feeling of delay and immobility.
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