The hesitation dribbles in iambic pentameter that break the time-space continuum, the unfair mastery of movement and anticipation, and that smooth stroke.
Serious poetry was studied; it was officially sanctioned, used to teach literary elements like iambic pentameter, rhymed couplets, metaphor and alliteration.
Meter is the definitive pattern established for a verse (such as iambic pentameter), while rhythm is the actual sound that results from a line of poetry.