rhythmus

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All poetry is made by the ear, which must be the sole judge—it is a sort of musical rhythmus.

From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 by Moore, Thomas

This defect is held by the Experimentalist to result from inattention to rhythmus: so much he thinks has been proved by Mr. Thelwall.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James

What is a little extraordinary, there is a want of rhythmus and cadence in what they write without the help of metrical rules.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

The Polish polkas and mazurkas, with their changing and fugitive rhythmus and their lively, uneven time, admirably184 embody the light and graceful spirit of this people.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various

Even the irregularities of Shakspeare's versification are expressive; a verse broken off, or a sudden change of rhythmus, coincides with some pause in the progress of the thought, or the entrance of another mental disposition.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John