10-10-2016, 05:02 AM
Kolemath - Thanks for your look. The thing is hanging on the conceit, or the device, of the play on the word "caws", so that the first three lines are needed to exercise that.
The rhymes are harum-scarum, wherever they fit, not in any intended rhyme scheme, again, for fun.
He was "breaking flock laws" by not cawing.
A characteristic of crows, whether truth or superstition, is their thievery. They love fresh corn on the stalk, it's why we have scarecrows.
And "saws" are just superstitions, old wives' tales, but it fits here, again not cawing breaks crow laws/saws. RC
The rhymes are harum-scarum, wherever they fit, not in any intended rhyme scheme, again, for fun.
He was "breaking flock laws" by not cawing.
A characteristic of crows, whether truth or superstition, is their thievery. They love fresh corn on the stalk, it's why we have scarecrows.
And "saws" are just superstitions, old wives' tales, but it fits here, again not cawing breaks crow laws/saws. RC