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Questions tagged [rhythm]

This tag should be used for questions that deal with the rhythm in their own poetry, such as questions asking for techniques to come up with rhymes or changing the sentence structure to fit a certain metre.

This tag should be used for questions that deal with the rhythm in their own , such as questions asking for s to come up with rhymes or changing the to fit a certain metre.

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When it comes to creating cadence, should I depend on my ear or are there principles I can follow?

I read an essay by John Mason about the principles of the harmony of prose numbers (or feet). I am wondering whether it is of any use, considering other books I have read say that treating prose rhythm in terms of metrical feet has been a…
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What kind of rhythm should I use for these settings?

I am not particularly experienced with using rhythm in creative writing so please note that I am only a beginner. By "rhythm" I am referring to anything along the lines of syllable count, sentence structure, etc. I have been given a task of…
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Rhyming a children’s story

Would it be too monotonous to rhyme a children’s book using the same technique for the whole book or is it essential that I change the style?
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Confusion about whether some single syllable words are stressed or unstressed

From what I learned through reading, all auxiliaries are unstressed. What about certain conjunctions? It sounds like "as" is unstressed, but are "since" and "when" stressed? In thinking about this, I am having some difficulty. Please help. I think…
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