I read Don Leon the day that the book arrived. It is a superb work  that should be more widely known. The primary author is a skilled  craftsman: the meter of the heroic couplets tends to be regular, but  strong variations are used for rhetorical focus. These include 

/ x x / and / / at line opening 

x x / / or / / x x and / / / or x x x within the line. 

Within the line x x / / or its reverse are generally the strongest  standard variations in blank verse. He also handles rhyme with genius.  The long central section on sexual hypocrisy reminded me of Swift,  Dryden and Pope in its precision, contempt, saeva indignatio and  satirical point.  


Steven J. Willett