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Passerine

Len Lewis 1943 (Port of Spain, Trinidad)



Hatched your eggs
So you could squawk,
Nourished your legs
So you could walk;
So walk little birdie, squawk.
Rounded head
With eyes to search,
Smallish feet
For you to perch;
Oh passerine swallow search.
Pointy wings
So you could fly,
Pecked a twig
So you could ply;
So ply little birdie, fly
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Scheme ABABBCDEDDFGHGG
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 278
Words 53
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
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