Hello!
Definitely a helpful resource!  I like the fact that you included other links to helpful pages. I'm sure this will be a fantastic resource for other aspiring poetry writers.
I picked up on a couple typos here and there that might lower the credibility of your piece, though:
Nothing probably repulses a reader more than ba bad spelling.
This'll be a little ironic. 
The importance of pronunciation lies in the fact that, as per my belief, poetry is basically meant to be read allowed out loud or aloud, often as a lyric or song, and that proper vocal rendering of poetry, with flow, necessitates proper pronunciation.
Another little typo.
I believe that the essence of potry poetry is rhythm, which is possibly synonymous with flow.
Again, careful!
The following recommendations are just SUGGESTIONS. This means you don't have to make the changes, unlike the typos listed above. Most of my suggestions come from William Strunk, Jr.'s The Elements of Style, which I believe is a must-read for any serious writer of prose.
Brackets are great, but within prose parentheses ( ) are more appropriate. Actually, I generally advise writers to not use brackets or parentheses at all, as it disturbs flow within prose.
I felt the slash - "/" was used too often in this piece to the point where it felt repetitive. According to most grammatical texts (including MLA style as well as Strunk's reference), the slash is to be avoided as much as possible within prose.
Take the following example:
The point is that even those poetical epics, each verse / and stanza of them, would be found to be rich / and feeling-dense in itself.
Do you see how the word 'and' can be easily substituted for the punctuation mark?
Take caution with passive verbs, especially when using them unnecessarily. Wordy prose lowers credibility. The following sentence above, for example, could be edited down while still keeping its original meaning.
When making lists, I prefer to see semicolons used as I believe they're less clunky. But as I mentioned in my No-No's, semicolons used incorrectly are cumbersome. I also think that it's odd that you started with 'a.' but didn't go on to 'b.' when mentioning punctuation. So let's take into consideration the following passage:
Some factors that influence flow are: a. Rhyme; meter [a definitive, predetermined, repetitive syllabic scheme; pronunciation, by which is meant here the composition of a word by syllables that are stressed / unstressed, and the appropriate positioning of words within a sentence so as to ensure smooth pronunciation / reading of the poem.
This could be rewritten as:
Some factors that influence flow are rhyme or meter, which is defined as a definitive, predetermined, repetitive syllable scheme; punctuation, or the composition of a word by stressed or unstressed syllables; and the appropriate positioning of words within a sentence to ensure smooth pronunciation and reading of the poem.
Do you see how my version uses a lot LESS punctuation? In prose, less is more when it comes down to punctuation.
I hope this helps! Best of luck with all your future writings.
Thank you for your consideration!
--Emerin
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