rocking rhythm

noun

, Prosody.

1. a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which consists of one accented syllable between two unaccented ones.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rocking rhythm¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

My steps make a rocking rhythm.

From Literature

For most freestyle swimmers, breathing disrupts a stroke, the head turns upsetting balance and rocking rhythm.

From Washington Post

Its rocking rhythm cradles a plaintive, folklike melody swathed in lush strings and horns.

From Time Magazine Archive

His mother rocked and gurgled and rushed, and then she found some local point of stability and settled into a soft rocking rhythm.

From Project Gutenberg

The rocking rhythm of the line is the rhythm of his fevered pulse.

From Project Gutenberg