Quincy to Quince:
I broadly agree with you, I think, but it's dangerous to rely on whether or not a *reader* is *attuned* to meter. Most readers don't have a clue. It's why you can usually get away with blank verse with readers who "really don't like metrical poetry" more often than not. The fact that it doesn't occur to them that a piece deploys a consistent meter does not equal an absence of consistent meter.
Quincy
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