Rhythm and its relationship to conflict in poetic theater are various models

 
This paper attempted to examine the relations among rhythm, conflict and dialogue in poetic play (verse drama). It based on a hypothesis that rhythm can play a major role in the conflict emerging between the characters of the Poetic play and can highlight the hidden meanings and connotations of dialogue, on other hand; it tends to add new dimensions to conflict.
To testify this hypothesis we chose a number of scenes from poetic plays representing different theatrical and Poetic schools; the basis of choice of these scenes, on the one hand, was the intensification of the conflict - whatever its kind- on the other hand, the intuition of the role of rhythm as one of the most important aspects of the text structure of a poetic play.
The paper chose to focus its discussion on the quantitative element of rhythm, because it is the most prominent rhythmic element in a poetic play, in the first place, and investigating the qualitative elements - which did not be neglected totally in this paper- needs more space and a comprehensive view beyond the scope here.  
The paper presented a number of examples that reveal the extent to which the rhythm can play a significant role in the poetic play. It concluded that rhythm can highlight a conflict in the theatrical work, add a number of meanings and connotations, show audience the feelings and emotions in auditory form and do many other roles. This issue still to be a fertile soil needs more research interest.