Description: The essentials of meter in four simple exercises.

Leader: weirdelf
Moderator(s):  I would love help from anyone who knows how to parse meter. Any volunteers?

Objectives: To write four quatrains, all in strict meter. One in Iambic pentameter, one in Trochaic hexameter, one in Anapaestic trimeter or pentameter, one in Dactylic tetrameter or hexameter.
Don't be put off by these technical terms, I will explain all when the workshop starts, and you don't have to use the technical terms, you can always say things like 'da DUM times five' but I suspect it's a bit less cool.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Meter is the most important and most neglected aspect of our craft. I urge you to do this exercise at least once, and promise you you will feel a new power in your pen.

Most important:- Remember when posting each quatrain do not post to this page, post as a normal poem to the Stream but to scroll down to the 'Workshop' drop-down and select 'Basic and Essential Meter'.