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@writercatherine
Hello Catherine! I enjoyed reading these poems you’ve posted! I’m not exactly the greatest with meter and scansion, but I hope I can still be of some assistance.

Overall, I think the meters of both your poems flowed fairly well. I liked the mood the short meter created in “The Rebellion” but also thought lines 8, 10, and 17 were a little awkward. I also thought the meter in “A Writer’s Woes” might flow better if you omitted the words even (line 6) and bed (line 9) and shortened the phrase you will to you’ll in lines 4 and 8. What do you think?

As far as meter in general goes, I think if you focus on how the words flow in your poem, the meter will follow naturally. What I’ve done with recent poems is kept the number of syllables in each line of my poem consistent and then created the cadences with sound devices like consonance and assonance. To me, this method seems to create rhythms better and is a lot easier than trying to adhere to a set metrical pattern.

(Oh, by the way, you can call me Bree if you get tired of writing out my username.)  🙂