Reading Quincy's reply to Jayne, it seems the main point is that the magazines/journals these articles come from are friendly towards metrical poetry and therefore metrical poetry has an unfortunate association with conservative/right wing ideology. I think. Not being a) published (well hardly) or b) American I'm still missing the nuance. The article about gay marriage is particularly odious though.
Oh well. I'm off to find a bow-tie wearing goateed liberal to prove Quincy's stereotyping wrong. Or maybe a fascist who dresses like something from a Tim Burton movie/early 80s English goth band.
Edit: all in good fun, Quincy, and probably fuelled by envy. I think you're a very stylish gent.
