There Was Once
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.
First Command
I varied the meter with this, following the keatsian ode model in anapestic tetrameter. the couplets are in iambic pentameter and trochaic tetrameter with masculine rhymes. i feel the turn at the end is sudden, but overall i'm happy with this one.
To The Blue
The entire thing is in anapestic tetrameter. as always, critique is appreciated!
The Past is the Opposite Shallows
The past is the opposite shallows of a river at flood to the lip. And swift do the rapids swallow. And swift are the tides that rip. And that which the past generations have builded on seeming stone Is crumbled in deep desolations, and carried away...
Rudolph’s Real Roots Revealed
Perhaps you've read the original poem by robert lewis may written in anapestic tetrameter, heard some version of johnny mark's song, seen the video adaptation by rankin/bass productions, or maybe even read a little fan fiction on the subject.