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This paper explores the political dimension of rhythm in public speeches by analyzing excerpts from historical addresses and feminist orations in late 19th and early 20th-century American activist fiction. Following rhetorical theories, it investigates the use of rhythmic patterns and temporal modulations as shared tools for enhancing emotional impact in political discourse. Focusing on feminist harangues in novels like Frances E. W. Harper’s Iola Leroy (1892), Oreola Williams Haskell’s Banner Bearers (1920), and Henry James’s The Bostonians (1886) the study reveals how authors replicated techniques from actual speeches to realistically portray women’s activism, persuade readers of the feminist cause, and instruct movement spokeswomen in the strategic use of rhythm and musicality. This analysis suggests that modern feminist literature served not only as a record of the movement’s progress but also as a cultural and political force influencing people and propagating innovative ideologies.
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