Lena moved without exertion, rather indolently, and her hand often accented the rhythm softly on her partner’s shoulder.
And this giant negro is rhythmically swaying With the rhythm of the camel's neck up and down.
And there to take you in my arms and feel you In the glory of the dawn hour, Along the sinuous rhythm of flesh and flesh!
The flesh of women is like the sky When bare is the moon: Rhythm of backs, hollow of necks, And sea-shell loins.
So is it light in spite of rhythm of blood, Or turn of head, or hands that move, unite-- Wind cannot dim or agitate the light.
Commonly the same object is both useful and beautiful; as was the case with the primitive religious dance, which at the same time indulged a taste for rhythm and served as a means of propitiating the gods.
There is a peculiar, confident rhythm in their tread which drowns all other sounds, and seems to say, "We are the masters, poor as we look to the eye!
Singing in a booming rhythm that seemed to revenge itself for the long days of confinement, they marched out into North Bridge Street, with Pelle at their head, and turned into the Labor Building.
They followed him without a moment's consideration, without regret or remorse; the rhythm of the march had seized them; it was as though the warm spring wind were blowing them out into the freedom of Nature.
But the rhythm of the marching feet carries him away, so that he forgets all and marches off beside them.
He marked the beat of the fast Oriental rhythm which regulated the steps of the dancers, and at the same time he furtively examined Mme.
Old savants dreamily beat the rhythm with their feet; the heads of young women were bent backwards and their eyes shone in enamored glances.
Rick reached for another arrow in the smooth rhythm Shannon had taught him, but the rhythm was abruptly shattered by a sudden blast almost in his ear!
Her feet moved to the rhythm of the music, her body swayed and pulsed to the behest of his; but her spirit stood apart, bruised and downcast and very much alone.
The child of two years of age will give his attention to the rhythm of the nursery rhyme when the prose story will not interest him.
The music of the words and the appropriateness of the rhythm cannot be fully perceived by merely silent reading.
Notice how the poet changes the rhythm to the foot of three syllables, to indicate the music of the waltz.
In this poem, we can hear in the rhythm the hoof beats of the horses as they gallop along.
Nor could it perceive the suitability of the rhythm to the theme, as exhibited in How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, Fourth Reader, p.
The purpose was to emphasize the rhythm and interpret the spirit of the poem.
Lead the pupils to examine the arrangement of the rhythm and the refrain, so that they will appreciate the music of the verse.
After pupils have read the introduction to the poem, or the teacher has freely developed one (see Note 1), the poem should be read aloud by the teacher, in order that the class may be impressed at once with its rhythm and thought.
Alas, have not all the poets done their uttermost; and how should a poor prose-writer fare when he enters a region where the monarchs of rhythm have proudly trodden?
Give them a good silly swinging chorus about some subject connected with the tender affections, and let the refrain run to a waltz rhythm or to a striking drawl, and they are satisfied in mind and rejoice exceedingly.
They stand there given wholly to the rhythm and swing of their traditional movements.
It is this very fact of "cadence" which has misled so many reviewers, until some have been betrayed into saying that the Imagists discard rhythm, when rhythm is the most important quality in their technique.
But one thing must be borne in mind: a cadenced poem is written to be read aloud, in this way only will its rhythm be felt.
Generally a natural rhythm runs through the whole organization: quick pulse, fast breathing, hasty speech, rapid trains of thought, excitable temper.
Then he was on the floor waiting to be kicked by a pair of legs that had no body and that tormented him by dancing a jig to the rhythm of a sing-song rendition of "Gunga Din.
For a time White Fang growled in unison with him, a correspondence of rhythm being established between growl and voice.
For a time each blow brought a yelp from him; but fear passed into terror, until finally his yelps were voiced in unbroken succession, unconnected with the rhythm of the punishment.
There was a correspondence inrhythm between the growls and the movements of the man's hands.
It will be observed that I have slightly changed the length and the rhythm of the old hexameter line; but it is still hexameter, and, I think, improved.
The Wilbur twin had no notion what his grievance might be; was sensible only of his heated aspect, his activity in gesture, and the rhythm of his phrases.
The earth rocked in a gentle rhythm under a rain of shells.
The musical accompaniment to this dance verges on the diabolical, the rhythm of what melody there is being interspersed with abundant howls, yells and snapping of fingers from the enthusiastic crowd all round.
The rhythm of Persian and Beluch music is much alike, although as far as instrumental execution goes the Persian surpasses the Beluch, having a greater variety in his orchestra and the instruments being more perfectly constructed.
So also the majestic rhythm of the Word of God has wrought the primal substance: arche, into the multitudinous forms which comprise the phenomenal world, according to His will.
A few houses are open, where amusements are still going on; here and there, from the sombre gardens, the sound of a guitar reaches our ears, playing some dance which gives in its weird rhythm a strange impression of sadness.
The old English ballads have all the energy, the rhythm and sparkle of our mountain streams, but Chaucer and Spenser and Shakspere and Bunyan are the fountains from which flows a river, ay, the Hudson of our English language.
Dreamily enjoying the boat's motion and the rhythm of their oars, they swung through the dusk in contented silence; and only once did their thoughts reach the point of speech.
But presently this very forbearance nettled the farm-bred lad so that he broke the rhythm with an unexpected stroke.
The shouting had collected itself into singing now, a certain rhythm directed it, and a kind of fugual chorus was in progress, some singing one line of the National Anthem, and some another, and stopping every now and then to cheer.
Edith, who was sitting on his other side, caught the rhythm of his beat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rhythm" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
