What is the underlying regular beat in a line of verse in a poem?

Answer 1

The 'beat' of the poem as you called it - the rhythm in which the syllables fall - is more traditionally referred to as the 'meter'. The term meter refers to the basic rhythmic structure in the verse.
If you are looking for an exposition on the specific meter of actual poetry, it is difficult to say without knowing which poem you are thinking of: there is no one meter for the whole of poetry, frequently modern poets adhere to no rigid meter. On the other hand it is quite easy to look at some of the most common 'beats'.
In traditional English poetry, by far the most common meter is 'iambic pentameter'. This is a line consisting of ten syllables (parts of a word - as in 'po-et-ry' = 3 syllables) which is split into five 'iambs' - pronounced "i-ams" (a pair of syllables, not necessarily in the same word, with the stress on the second syllable - as in 'i-AMB').
The iambic pentameter, then, with its five sets of inflected pairs runs like this: da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da DUM da DUM
- although when reading the poetry you will want to soften the inflection to help convey meaning, the overall rhythmic structure is there.
To see this meter in effect, you can look at the first line of one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets - Sonnet 18:
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' 'Shall IcomPARE thee TO a SUMMer's DAY?'

I hope that can be of some help.

Answer 2

The underlying regular beat in a line of verse in a poem is known as the meter. It is determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. The most common meters in English poetry are iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic.

Answer 3

I wrote this

Souls

They are gray and gloomy

And all ways far away

maybe they are lost

And haven't crossed to the other side yet

you need to make the 1 word from the first stanza rhyme with one word on the 2 stanza

Ex gray away

lost crossed

I'm 12 i know that :P

Answer 4

a poem about drugs or sex

some beat poets are Allen Ginsberg, and Amiri Baraka

Answer 5

it is the pattern of sound created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

Answer 6

a limerick

There was a young lady from Iger

who went for a ride on a tiger

They returned from the ride

with lady inside

and a smile on the face of the tiger

Answer 7

the author messages or the lesson to be learned is the

Answer 8

Rhythm.

Answer 9

It is a limerick.

Answer 10

the rhythm of the poem is the