Accentual Verse

[milo]

I am not saying that consistent stresses per line makes a poem. I've managed to write perfect IP that we really shouldn't call a poem.
We could break it up into 5 and 7 syllable lines and see if the ones that are 8 or 9 stick out. They wouldn't.
What I'm curious about is if a non-stressed poem that naturally (or accidentally) has mostly 3 stress lines would improve the reader's experience if the remaining lines were manipulated to match. Please excuse my lack of correct terms for this stuff, I'm just learning, but the above example isn't a poem so applying any poetic device and then judging the device doesn't make sense to me.

I would disagree that it is not a poem. Also, if you write consistent metric poetry and include 1 or 2 lines where the foot count is off - it does stick out, quite obviously i might add.

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You're missing the point milo, accentual verse has to be woven into the content in the beginning, not added on later as an appendix.
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I disagree entirely. If accentual verse has a noticeable effect - either positive or negative - you would notice that effect when applying it. If there is no noticeable effect when applying it - it has no noticeable effect. Of course you could just post an example of good accentual verse and we could test the theory the other way.