My classics teachers mentioned the possibility of musical accompaniment, and length instead of stress oriented metres would also point in that direction?
[Edit: cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dithyramb ]
(ancients also wrote poetry so the text of the words formed an image, which the Victorians considered Not Real Poetry. compare http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-javascript-1948.html )
I could just as easily say: all this modern stuff isn't poetry either. Poetry always rhymes.
Oh wait - some people get to break the rules and others don't?
