Metaphor 3. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry or prose. Poets use rhythm to
bring out the musical quality of language, to emphasize ideas, to create mood, to unify a work, or
to heighten emotional response. Rhythm differs from meter in that the latter is a fixed form,
while the former comes from the words and phrases themselves as they occur in the work. Also
see Meter
Rhythm
Rhyme

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion