08-05-2012, 08:56 AM
I've found that the limited times I've used meter, it has pushed me to be more creative. Writing with meter feels different to me than with free verse. I always feel with meter I have a song in my head guiding the writing--words feel off in a way they don't in free verse. It's different but not worse at all.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson
