The pleasure of poetic pattern - David Silverstein

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.

Lesson by David Silverstein, animation by Avi Ofer.

[jesse]

Anderson is my favourite narrator. His voice is so soothing.

[TheSuperSizzler]

Damn bro, this vid made my arms heavy, knees weak, palms sweaty. I could barely even finish Mom's spaghetti.

[ZimmerSquash]

I really enjoyed the humour in the animation and the narrator's soothing voice.

Long live ted ed to educate us with little interesting things!

[jadenyuki]

I wish Ted-ed were my teacher back when I was at school.

[TheSiddhiDesai]

I've been watching Ted Ed for a long time and damn I really love Addison Anderson's soothing narrations!

[SergioTheGreat]

the narrator has a potential to beat Eminem in a rap battle

[shantcheetah]

Poetry has the power to hypnotize someone. Words are very powerful, if you know how to use them.

[pramitbanerjee]

I am who i am
not a ram
but a piece of jam
heres some ham
damn

[evanbruno]

To me poetry is like a leaf that never stops blowing in the wind

[janzen]

Who else is pissed that they just made you consciously aware of your breathing and now you can't stop thinking about it

[shupahgirl]

this is one instance where the animation adds so much to bringing across the message of the video

[petovei]

I love that they acknowledge rap as poetry, as wall as those references to monty python and pollock

[kylekarenson]

I don't listen to rap often, but Eminem just won me over with his poetic pattern. I mean, just read this:
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready

Amazing.

[KHalilMagic]

I like how these videos are in a different animation style each time.

[hiwayM]

I slit a sheet- a sheet I slit- upon a slitted sheet I sit.
I switched the sheet upon which I sit with one not slit for thats not fit.
An unslitted sheet upon which to sit so I could sew the sheet slits to rid it of slits for sits upon it.

[igb]

Bart Simpson in the blackboard and Eminem's Lose yourself... I LOVE THIS VIDEO

[Emailly-dlee]

My favourite Shakespeare quote is "villain I have done thy mother".

[hanve]

Man the narrator ❤❤❤. What a voice and the way he narrated. Wow

[Art]

As cliché as it may sound to American viewers, one of the best examples of poetic patterns discussed in the video is the poem The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe.

Another poem that employs a "catchy" poetical meter is one Hiawatha, by Longfellow.

[TheEphemeralMammal]

I get it! So, for example...
Hold the door
Hold de door
Hold d'door
Hold door
Ho'd door
Ho'door
Hodor!