I found chapter two, which went over the role of how the poem is arranged, to be surprisingly helpful. I've always thought of poetic meter and particular line/syllable requirements as a mess to spend my time worrying about. However, what I took in from this chapter ended up making me think twice about the importance of line and meter arrangement.
In terms of balance and rhythm, both my thoughts and how the poem is perceived by the reader are aspects that need to be kept in consideration. Using balance, rhythmic phrases, or their counters, imbalance and nonrhythmic phrases, your poetry can take on a completely new identity. Even though I still find some other aspects of Poetic form to be nauseating, I am definitely one step closer to realizing the potential in mastering all it can do for my future poetic works.
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