As robert Kendall puts it, the node gives hypertext a distinctive rhythmic unit that is absent from print.
The end of one node and beginning of another generally constitutes a structural break in the text. The continual movement from node to node therefore creates an underlying rhythm, reinforced by the physical movement of a mouse button or key and its audible click. Individual nodes may also combine to form compound rhythmic units, or periods. Any succession of nodes that cohere as a group because of their content or appearance and seem distinct from surrounding nodes is likely to be perceived as a rythmic period. Several periods can combine to form larger ones, and periods can overlap.
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