Transformation

Transformation


Moonlight glistens on fallen snow;
a keening chorus fills the air
as hunter's eyes reflect the glow.
A subtle scent makes nostril's flare
and gleaming teeth begin to bare.
A burst of speed – the fangs are set,
the victim falls, now unaware.
The moon's glint lost ... in crimson wet.


Notes

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Prompt: Wolves
Form: Huitain (ababbcbc) Original Form
The Huitain is an old form from France, with several variations. It is a wonderfully flexible form which can be as short as the required eight lines, or can continue in eight line sets for as long as you wish. This is another great form for collaboration, with each poet developing their own eight line sequence. The Huitain went by a syllable count of eight originally, but with the fondness for English iambic pentameter, has also been seen with 10 syllables. The variations are all variations on the rhyme scheme, however, there is one type of pattern all variations follow. There must be one set of four rhyming words, and two sets of two rhyming words.

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