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Feathers and Twigs

Payton Hayes

She lay on the
ground,    dirt
collecting on her bones and in
her hair.
Feathers and twigs scatter
around
her as the raven builds its nest.
A gentle   breeze
stirs up leaves around her.

It never served her to have a
heart of
gold.
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Written on 2017

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXXBXXXB AXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 231
Words 48
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 3
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