Both Uses of
cadence
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- After my summer in the monument shop, I could appreciate what might have appealed to Owen Meany about the quiet of churches, the peace of prayer, the easy cadence of hymns and litanies—and even the simplistic, athletic ritual of practicing the shot.†
p. 445.4 *cadence = rhythm or recurring pattern
- The honor guard, in white spats and white gloves, strode down the aisle in bridal cadence and smartly split to each side of the flag-draped casket, where Owen's medal—pinned to the flag—brightly reflected the beam of sunlight that shone through the hole the baseball had made in the stained-glass window of the chancel.†
p. 569.6
Definition:
rhythm or recurring pattern of sounds or movements