The Partridge And The Cartridge
Partridge red, how fine you fly;
Winging, gliding up on high.
We, down below as you sweep by,
Esteem the rapture to our eye.
Partridge red, how deft you try
To fill the heavens with your cry;
As you ride so fleet and spry
When for your covey fore you vie.
Partridge red, alert yet shy
I call and wait for your reply.
Alas, I close my eye and sigh
As someone shoots you from the sky.
About this poem
this short, sad piece of three quatrains dates from 1978.
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Submitted by AlanSJeeves on July 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 371 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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