A Nest in the Alps

Advaith Menon 2012 (Kerala)



In a poppy field lay a bird’s nest,
Which is the world’s best,

Which is Mother Nature’s sudden test,
To build a nest which is a quest,

To build a nest on a branch’s chest,
To build a nest on an oak so old,

Where the leaves stay afloat,
In the mellow Alp breeze,

Where it pecks at bees,
In the midst of trees.
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Written on January 11, 2022

Submitted by nisha.madhusekhar on January 11, 2022

Modified by nisha.madhusekhar on January 11, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA AA AX XB BB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 320
Words 77
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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