Wordcraft by Jack Hart

Author:Jack Hart [Hart, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LAN000000 Language Arts & Disciplines / General, REF000000 Reference / General
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

As the Pulitzer jurists discovered, you could read Dan Neil to the crack of doom, too. There’s magic and mystery in his written rhythms, which is eloquent evidence of the rewards that come from hearing the music in the words.

I. Elements of Rhythm

A story can be wrecked by a faulty rhythm in a sentence—especially if it occurs toward the end—or a mistake in paragraphing, even punctuation.

—Truman Capote

BALANCE

Poets and lyricists often organize their work in stanzas. The form of one line matches another, and patterns repeat in the simplest rhythmic forms. What is rhythm, after all, but a pleasing sequence of patterns?

Many college students can cite a classic example, John Donne’s seduction line from “The Flea”:

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