Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, “What a good boy am I!” —“Little Jack Horner,” Mother Goose Which is the best description of the rhythm and meter in the poem? There is rhythm in the poem but no meter, which creates a very uneven sound. The stress and unstressed syllables alternate in a pattern back and forth. There is no rhythm or meter in the poem. The meter is uneven, which creates a pattern that is hard to see and hear.