I see a line in the sand

There is much more to the line structure of any given poem than I thought even rational. I like to believe that I understood the different meters well enough to have been able to tell you at least some of what she was saying. However, I found it pretty interesting that she brings up the moods that each meter brings, bringing into frame of mind that the words themselves are not the only part of the poem playing into the reader’s reaction. I feel like the section on rhyme should have been a bit longer. She begins talking about the use of rhyme schemes and how they can be important, then talks about how the rhyme scheme can create a sense of either comfort or distraught at the whim of the poet. I feel that more could be said about some of the more popular rhyme schemes such as AABB and ABAB, so on and so forth. I also liked that she brought up that even with Free verse, stressed and unstressed syllables are very important. I never really think about the structure of the poem itself bringing meaning to the poem as a whole. The end of the chapter about enjambment was very enlightening. I never really thought about why we had enjambments or why they had a name, but now that I know that this is supposed to cause the reader to skip over natural pauses I felt very enlightened. This entire chapter was very eye opening to me, and I will try watching my poetry structure much more closely now.