# There Was Once

Author: PoeticOtter
Tags: Poetry, Wolf

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!

There was **once** a full **moon** and I **stared** longing **ly**  
At the **glow** , full of **white** , out of **dark** , I was **free**  
**Cried** at the **night** but re **main** as a **man** , and I  
**Turned** on my **heel** , disa **ppeared** with a **sigh**

There was **once** an e **clipse** and I **blind** ed my **gaze**  
Over **whelmed** , did I **sob** for the **end** of my **days**  
**Screamed** at the **pain** but re **main** as a **man** , and I  
**Lay** on the **ground** , and my **skin** I de **cry**

There was **once** a young **boy** and I **saw** in the **end**  
All the **dreams** I had **lost** in the **pa** ges I **penned**  
**Howled** at the **moon** , not a **man** any **more** , and now  
**Turned** on my **kin** , to the **wolf** pack a **vow**

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/XekBkNp1