Now, let’s consider a line from one of his sonnets as shown below. Now let’s describe this with an example.īefore going to the example, note that you will experience rhythm when you read the poem out loud correctly. These units are called mertical units or feet. They are paired in five groups or unit each comprising of an unstressed and a stressed ones. Shakespeare has used a specific pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in his sonnets to create the rhythm.Įach line in his sonnet has 10 syllables. Rhythm refers to the naturally occurring patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. How has Shakespeare composed rhythm in his sonnet?
Rhythm and Meter The Song of Hiawatha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
