using other forms besides iambic pentameter.

[Brownlie]

According to wikipedia there are four types of disyllables the iamb, the trochaic foot, the pyrrhus, and the spondee. There are also various "trisyllables" listed. I'd like to see what people think in regards to poetic theory, and I'd like people to start considering what they are doing when they write so they are not just taking stabs in the dark. I am fairly new to poetry myself and I would like to see some of the newer users educate themselves so we can all start writing real poetry and learn to appreciate this art that is often misunderstood. What forms work and why?

can you tell me what meter this is in? http://pigpenpoetry.com/showthread.php?tid=10419

I went through the poem several times and could not pinpoint the meter, and would you believe I almost have a b.a. in English? I noticed some points that may be iambs followed by anapest but I still have trouble deciphering what is supposed to be stressed. I would mangle the poem if I tried to read it.