Ariel question

The poem "Ariel" starts off peaceful and still: "Stasis in the darkness./Then the substanceless blue/Pour of tor and distances." Then, it begins to move by the second stanza, utilizing words like "grow" and "pivot of heels and knees!" By the third stanza, the poem has taken on a life of its own. The reader can almost hear the horse's hooves, and this rhythm grows in intensity until the speaker and the horse move as one by the end of the poem.

🐎 How do you think Plath created this sense of rhythm in "Ariel"?

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