A Modest Proposal (Meter Discussion)

[lacan123]

Leanne, thank you for such a balanced and informative reply - that begins to make sense of it for me. I am, obviously, brand new to the idea of meter and when I discovered two days I was not only accidentally doing it but doing it wrong, I did a quick look-up in dictionaries and came away with my rigid ideas about the relation of iambs to syllables; various reputable sources do specifically equate meter to syllable counts. But your explanation - especially in the third paragraph - makes sense of that. I will take your advice and look at the material you and milo have on the site over the weekend.

Thank you again for such a generous and informed response.