Kingfisher



Two wings of the kingfisher
Who broke it?
The freedom to fly a bird
Who took away?

He's a silly bird
Did no wrong to anyone
What did he do?
That somebody did not like.

By breaking his wings
Is it a good job?
Then how he will fly
Can you say that?

(To those bird hunters)

About this poem

Conservation of birds

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Submitted by hakikur on June 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX AXXX XXXX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 258
Words 57
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 1

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