panta--rei

So. Metre. It has become a dirty word in some poetry circles. It conjures images of withered, grey-haired men laboriously counting out beats and stresses whilst coughing up phlegm because of all the dust in their cramped and quasi-arcane libraries. It really isn't all THAT bad, trust me. So, without getting too 'old-man' technical - What is metre? what is it good for? And, importantly, how does one use it? Well, let's see if we can come up with some workable and easily understood answers by the end of this. #1: What is metre? Technical Language: The most well known metre, 'Accentual Syllabic Metre' is the rhythmic arrangement of sylla