The pleasure of poetic pattern - David Silverstein
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-pleasure-of-poetic-pattern-david-silverstein Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to...
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Just for a moment, focus on your breath. In slowly. Out slowly. In slowly. Out. The same pattern repeats within every one of us and consider your pulse. The beat is built into the very fabric of our being. Simply put, we're creatures of rhythm and repetition. It's central to our experience, rhythm and repetition, rhythm and repetition. On, and in, and on, and out. And we delight in those aspects everyday, in the rhythm of a song, the beat of the drum, the nod of your head, or in the repetition of soup cans, the rows of an orchard, the artistry of petals. Pattern can be pleasure. In language, rhythm and repetition are often used as the building blocks for poetry. There's the rhythm of language, created by syllables and their empha...
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Just for a moment, focus on your breath. In slowly. Out slowly. In slowly. Out. The same pattern repeats within every one of us and consider your pulse. The beat is built into the very fabric of our being. Simply put, we're creatures of rhythm and repetition. It's central to our experience, rhythm and repetition, rhythm and repetition. On, and in, and on, and out. And we delight in those aspects everyday, in the rhythm of a song, the beat of the drum, the nod of your head, or in the repetition of soup cans, the rows of an orchard, the artistry of petals. Pattern can be pleasure. In language, rhythm and repetition are often used as the building blocks for poetry. There's the rhythm of language, created by syllables and their empha...
