Ranting about meter

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I've read a few comments around the traps lately, both here and on other sites (admittedly, mostly on other sites) that refer to meter as "rigid" and rhyme as "restrictive" or other similar terms.

This irritates me as I've never found either to be true, and the way rhyme and meter are spoken about by those who don't use them is quite derogatory. The term "old fashioned" gets thrown around a fair bit as well.

Every game has a set of rules.

When writing a song or a poem we are playing the word game. Goal: to come up with the most appropriate and efficient way to express the movie playing in our minds. To be restricted to certain word choices because of form, rhyme or meter requirements makes the game challenging and enjoyable. jmo