08-10-2018, 03:41 AM
No, writing in form was not a bore. It was actually very fun and challenging for me to think of phrases that read in iambic pentameter, all while considering the rhyme scheme. In fact, this is why I'd think it would be more of a challenge and respectable by the reader if your poem reads naturally in spite of conforming perfectly to form, but this critic insisted on having variations in the meter to avoid boring the reader. And it's not like this guy was some random bloke on the internet, he seemed like he knew his stuff and what he was talking about. So I guess another one of my bottom-line questions are: Is it encouraged to vary your meter if, for instance, you're writing an English sonnet?