This poem has a regular rhythm, or a pattern of sound like a beat. The parts in bold show the strong syllables. The pattern is a weak syllable followed by a strong syllable. It sounds like da-DUM da-DUM.
That it can track the flight of song?
Choose the poem that has a regular rhythm, or a pattern of sound like a beat.
A: I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong
That it can track the flight of song?
B: I thought:
The moon,
Shining upon the many steps of the palace before me,
Shines also upon the checkered rice fields
Of my native land.