{"sf1_id":912443,"sf2_id":"XekBkNp1","title":"There Was Once","author":"PoeticOtter","words":145,"posted_at":"2015-09-19T16:53:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/912443-there-was-once","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/XekBkNp1","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=912443\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"I like anapestic meter for the same reason I like dactylic meter; it's dramatic and driving. This poem has a simpler rhyme scheme and structure, but the quatrains are varied. The first two lines are in anapestic tetrameter, the third line is in dactylic tetrameter, and the fourth line is in dactylic trimeter with a masculine rhyme. I like the flow of this poem. Stressed syllables are in bold if you want to read it aloud. I recommend it!","content":"There was **once** a full **moon** and I **stared** longing **ly**  \nAt the **glow** , full of **white** , out of **dark** , I was **free**  \n**Cried** at the **night** but re **main** as a **man** , and I  \n**Turned** on my **heel** , disa **ppeared** with a **sigh**\n\nThere was **once** an e **clipse** and I **blind** ed my **gaze**  \nOver **whelmed** , did I **sob** for the **end** of my **days**  \n**Screamed** at the **pain** but re **main** as a **man** , and I  \n**Lay** on the **ground** , and my **skin** I de **cry**\n\nThere was **once** a young **boy** and I **saw** in the **end**  \nAll the **dreams** I had **lost** in the **pa** ges I **penned**  \n**Howled** at the **moon** , not a **man** any **more** , and now  \n**Turned** on my **kin** , to the **wolf** pack a **vow**\n\n  \n  \n\n"}