Every human begins his or her life immersed in the sound of his or her mother’s heart beat. Diane Ackerman describes in great detail, the significance of this experience, in her chapter on hearing. Iambic pentameter (mostly found in poetry) mirrors the heart beat and therefore can give a third dimensionality to the words, which have already been so artfully constructed. The familiar beat gives us the feeling of comfort and ease, which allows the words to seep through us and make the experience of a poem more pleasurable. It seems clear to me, that our initial nine-month encounter with the world, living inside of a constant rhythm, bestowed a love within each of us, for all many forms of rhythm. We see it in the music we listen to every day, regardless of the genre, its hard to find music without a rhythm. We can find rhythm incorporated in chanting, singing, praying and dancing, performed by people in completely different cultures with totally different sounds all ove...