Eagle



Flying in the sky
catching a bird
it's dark emotionless eye
the world around him, blurred

As he flies
faster than you could ever be
the king of the sky
so free

Landing on a branch
on a large mountain
watching a slow small avalanche
drinking from the river, like a fountain
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Submitted by averyb7 on February 02, 2021

Modified on April 07, 2023

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Scheme ABAB XCAC DEDE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 261
Words 52
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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