These homages further attune the viewer to the artist's own strong verbal rhythms, and his use of invented words, repeating and expanding phrases, and the like.

"Atomic Priests" was so overpowered by its spoken text that the dance movements often seemed no more than a bodily echoing of the verbal rhythms.

For him, the verbal rhythm gives the musical rhythm, which he makes appropriately flexible.

His first published book was titled "Chamber Music" and his last, "Finnegans Wake," is, in its very verbal rhythms, highly musical.

Ms. Greenberg uses verbal rhythm to instruct, a sort of rap-and-tap approach.

Her large eyes widened easily with her expressive verbal rhythms.

Generally, English composers were more concerned with capturing verbal rhythms than producing dramatic effects.

Yet, the barline does not always reflect the verbal rhythm.

Mr. Adès enshrouds her words with choralelike harmonic underpinnings, which move to the irregular verbal rhythms of the text.

Given also the general indifference to verbal rhythm, the choir had no way of phrasing.