The Bird-man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBC ADEDE AFGFG AHIHI| Man is a bird | A |
| He rises on fine wings | B |
| Into the Heaven's clear light | C |
| He flies away and sings | B |
| There's music in his flight | C |
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| Man is a bird | A |
| In swiftest speed he burns | D |
| With twist and dive and leap | E |
| A bird whose sudden turns | D |
| Can drive the frightened sheep | E |
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| Man is a bird | A |
| Over the mountain high | F |
| Whose head is in the skies | G |
| Cut from its shoulder by | F |
| A cloud the bird man flies | G |
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| Man is a bird | A |
| Eagles from mountain crag | H |
| Swooped down to prove his worth | I |
| But now they rise to drag | H |
| Him down from Heaven to earth | I |
William Henry Davies
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