using other forms besides iambic pentameter.

[Leanne]

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.

According to wikipedia, wikipedia is not a reliable source and doesn't make anyone sound like an expert when they quote it

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?

I can't believe nobody's thought of this before.

Oh yes, that's right, there's a whole forum for it.

I'd like people to start considering what they are doing when they write so they are not just taking stabs in the dark

And I'd like fewer generalisations about what people do and don't know.