Rhythm as the main part of macrotext: the example of the passage from a novel by S. O’Casey “I knock on the door”

The present article is devoted to the study of rhythm in English speech, which is regarded as the general-linguistic system that organizes language in general. In the author’s view the rhythm is considered as a special type of contextual indicator, as it is involved in the corresponding of meaning. As an example a passage from the autobiographical novel by the Irish writer Sean O’Сasey is taken.