What is this Thing called Meter?
Meter—Something modern poets try to avoid.1
Ferrick Gray
Poetically Speaking
Volume 1, Issue 2
Music for Composition
When we talk of meter in accentual-syllabic verse, it is not something that should be obvious. If it is obvious, then your work will be of little interest. After listening to over-emphasized syllables, it will become dull and boring.