I Want Exercise

Rhythm in Elizabeth Crane's piece is created much through the use of repeated phrases starting with "I Want..." Shifts occur between simple "I Want" phrases as compared with longer "I Want" phrases that go off of on tangents within themselves, this creates a certain slow/fast pace that the reader picks on. Usually in these "I Want" phrases they mirror shifts in tone as well, because the subject matter switches... sometimes from happy to sad or past to present to future.
The author surprises the reader with shifts from seemingly innocent fun to more tragic and emotional material, this too is where shifts in both tone and pace occur.