Within poetry the beat is the pattern of stresses within a line of verse. In music, a drummer or bass guitarist might create the beat for the rest of the band to follow, or a conductor might ...

Within poetry the beat is the pattern of stresses within a line of verse. In music, a drummer or bass guitarist might create the beat for the rest of the band to follow, or a conductor might ...

In Australian Poetry Month, an expert shows us how one poem works ... so the poem and its patterns of rhythm and sound portion out the experience, giving it order, shape and beauty.

Read the poem aloud and pay attention to the sound and rhythm of the words. Look out for meter patterns and rhyme schemes, as well as literary devices related to sounds, such as alliteration ...