Innocence of Mockingbirds
Mockingbird, mockingbird sitting in a tree
I look up at you; you look down at me
I whistle a tune; you sing it back
Then change it yourself into a mockingbird's tune
A tune filled with sorrow and happiness
Only an innocent mockingbird
Mockingbird's tune could do that.
Mockingbird, mockingbird now I understand
You sing for us humans and are our angels
To guide us in life
Or help us along
Lifting our spirits
With a sweet little song
So innocent you are
You and all the other mockingbirds
It should be a crime to kill such innocence
What an angel, whatever we ask
You do without anything in return
Everyone should have a mockingbird role-model
For it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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Submitted on August 26, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 664 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 13 |
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