~Is meter necessary when writing a nonet?

Question

Rhyme scheme is apparently a matter of the writer's choice, but what about meter?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

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so in a word to see understood

be a better poet you all could

Answer 3

If a nonet has nine syllables in the first line, eight in the second, and so on, it's pretty hard to sustain any metrical pattern.