Birds Of Prey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACBADEDEDE| Their shadow dims the sunshine of our day | A |
| As they go lumbering across the sky | B |
| Squawking in joy of feeling safe on high | B |
| Beating their heavy wings of owlish gray | A |
| They scare the singing birds of earth away | A |
| As greed impelled they circle threateningly | C |
| Watching the toilers with malignant eye | B |
| From their exclusive haven birds of prey | A |
| They swoop down for the spoil in certain might | D |
| And fasten in our bleeding flesh their claws | E |
| They beat us to surrender weak with fright | D |
| And tugging and tearing without let or pause | E |
| They flap their hideous wings in grim delight | D |
| And stuff our gory hearts into their maws | E |
Claude Mckay
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