The pleasure of poetic pattern - David Silverstein
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Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to our experience, and often brings us pleasure. We can find pleasure in the rhythm of a song, or even the rows of an orchard. Of course, too much repetition can also backfire. David Silverstein describes what poetic repetition is and why it works.
Can you find a visual representation of repetition in your world? Maybe repeated rows of desks? Or roads lined with trees? How might you capture that repetition in language, so someone might visualize the patterns without physically seeing them?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator David Silverstein
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Director Avi Ofer
- Animator Avi Ofer
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
- Narrator Addison Anderson
