Metrical anomalies

[Caleb Murdock]

Anapaests are not acceptable subs in IP. In fact all 3-beat feet will cause problems with the reading.

Please scan "Mowing" by Frost. Judson Jerome, who studied and wrote about poetry his entire life, analyzed Frost's poety. Frost's mature poetry included many poems with anapests. In "Mowing", there is not one line that has less than 11 syllables. Inserting one anapest per line gives a poem a more relaxed, and perhaps more mature, cadence. So yes, you can put anapests into your IP poetry.

I just took a quick look at "Home Burial", and he uses anapests in some lines (perhaps 20%). The point is, he was wise enough not to be rigid. And no, anapests don't cause any problems with the reading.

I'll answer the other posts later.