Fred wrote:
I have written a number of poems in which I incorporated metrical elements -- e.g. "near" blank verse -- only to have readers slam me with "You should either use meter or not use meter.
Arrgh. In fairness to the "numbskulls," though, I will say there's a big difference between a free-verse poem that contains enticing hints of meter, and one that reads like a metrical poem that doesn't scan right. I guess a lot depends on the expectations you establish in the first few lines.
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