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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.84,0:00:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just for a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.32,0:00:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focus on your breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.32,0:00:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.14,0:00:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.76,0:00:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.27,0:00:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.62,0:00:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same pattern repeats within\Nevery one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.94,0:00:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and consider your pulse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.57,0:00:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beat is built into the very\Nfabric of our being.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.47,0:00:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply put, we're creatures of rhythm\Nand repetition.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.40,0:00:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's central to our experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.47,0:00:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rhythm and repetition,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.23,0:00:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rhythm and repetition.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.26,0:00:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On, and in,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.45,0:00:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on, and out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.74,0:00:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we delight in those aspects everyday,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.41,0:00:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the rhythm of a song,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.70,0:00:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beat of the drum,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.15,0:00:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nod of your head,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.56,0:00:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the repetition of soup cans,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.87,0:00:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rows of an orchard,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.49,0:00:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the artistry of petals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.38,0:00:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pattern can be pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.51,0:00:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In language, rhythm and repetition\Nare often used
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.48,0:00:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the building blocks for poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.41,0:01:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the rhythm of language,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.30,0:01:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created by syllables and their emphasis,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.10,0:01:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as, "So long as men can breathe\Nor eyes can see."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.81,0:01:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's the repetition of language\Nat multiple levels:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.03,0:01:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the repetition of letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.67,0:01:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So long lives this\Nand this gives life to thee,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.07,0:01:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.29,0:01:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"breathe," "see," "thee,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.87,0:01:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of words.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.48,0:01:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With so many uses, repetition\Nis one of the poet's most malleable
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.25,0:01:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reliable tools.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.34,0:01:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can lift or lull the listener,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.82,0:01:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amplify or diminish the line,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.20,0:01:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unify or diversify ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.22,0:01:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, even rhythm itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.32,0:01:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a repeated pattern of stressed syllables,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.09,0:01:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a form of repetition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.50,0:01:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet for all its varied uses,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.36,0:01:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too much repetition can backfire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.94,0:01:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine writing the same sentence\Non the blackboard twenty times,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.10,0:01:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, and again, and again, and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.74,0:01:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or imagine a young child clamoring\Nfor her mother's attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.70,0:02:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mom, mom, mommy, mom, mom."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.24,0:02:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not exactly what we might call poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.16,0:02:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is poetic repetition,\Nand why does it work?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.83,0:02:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Possibly most familiar is rhyme,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.25,0:02:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the repetition of like sounds\Nin word endings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.34,0:02:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As with Shakespeare's example,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.53,0:02:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we often encounter rhyme\Nat the ends of lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.55,0:02:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repetition in this way creates\Nan expectation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.86,0:02:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We begin to listen for the repetition\Nof those similar sounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.60,0:02:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we hear them, \Nthe found pattern is pleasurable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.25,0:02:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like finding Waldo in the visual chaos,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.59,0:02:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we hear the echo in the oral chatter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.82,0:02:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, rhyme need not surface solely\Nat a line's end.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.35,0:02:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice the strong "i" sound in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.37,0:02:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So long lives this \Nand this gives life to thee."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.63,0:02:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This repetition of vowel sounds\Nis called assonance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.76,0:02:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can also be heard \Nin Eminem's "Lose Yourself."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.77,0:02:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice how the "e" and "o" sounds\Nrepeat both within in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.15,0:02:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the end of each line:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.15,0:03:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, there goes gravity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.01,0:03:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there goes rabbit,\Nhe choked,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.05,0:03:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he so mad but he won't\Ngive up that easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.58,0:03:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, he won't have it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.75,0:03:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he knows his whole back's\Nto these ropes."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.90,0:03:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The alternating assonance\Ncreates its own rhythm,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.44,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invites us to try our own voices\Nin echoing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.98,0:03:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, consonance is the repetition\Nof like consonant sounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.26,0:03:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the "l" and "th" in,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So long lives this\Nand this gives life to thee."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.42,0:03:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, this type of specific consonance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.99,0:03:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which occurs at the beginning of words
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.20,0:03:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may be familiar to you already.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.21,0:03:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called alliteration,\Nor front rhyme.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.48,0:03:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great examples include tongue twisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.64,0:03:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Betty bought some butter \Nbut the butter was bitter
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.19,0:03:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Betty bought some better butter\Nto make the bitter butter better.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.63,0:03:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the pleasure in pattern is apparent\Nas we trip over the consonance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.36,0:03:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both within words and at their start.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.54,0:03:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet tongue twisters also reflect the need\Nfor variation in poetic repetition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.28,0:03:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While challenging to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.85,0:04:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're seen by some\Nas lesser imitations of poetry,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.50,0:04:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or gimmicky because they hammer\Nso heavily on the same sounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.78,0:04:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,closer to that blackboard-style \Nof repetition.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.19,0:04:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ultimately, this is the poet's \Nbalancing act,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.54,0:04:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning when to repeat
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.86,0:04:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when to riff,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.18,0:04:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when to satisfy expectations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.01,0:04:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when to thwart them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.37,0:04:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that balance, \Nit may be enough to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.97,0:04:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all live in a world of wild variation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.06,0:04:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and carry with us our own breath and beat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.99,0:04:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our own repetition wherever we go.