Disturbed at Daybreak
A flock of long-billed corellas
Calls on the wing a mournful song
At daybreak, to gather its throng.
These ragged arrow-headed birds –
Their oversized secateur beaks
Are snipping tools for fruits and seeds.
Their blue encircled, granite eyes
Are framed with reddish spectacles
Amidst a flutter of feathers.
As daybreak moves to noon, then night,
This ramshackle flock of cockies
Calls on the wing once more – “We’re gone!”
About this poem
These birds woke me up too early one Sunday morning.
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Written on February 02, 2021
Submitted by susannaelliott on April 20, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABB AAA AAA XAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 435 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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