Poetry Exercise - Amphibrachs (Peregrine Praise)

This poem is a tetrameter of amphibrachs (di-DUM-di x4). May add more at a later date to cover other aspects of the peregrine if I feel like it. As I say, it's an intellectual exercise with the meter - don't expect anything funny or profound. Although might be worth reading just for getting DDT into a poem.

Peregrine Praise

Prepare for the funkiest bird on the planet
For nothing can better a peregrine falcon.
Its stoop is amazing – incredibly speedy:
Three hundred kilometres flown in an hour so
No creature exists on the Earth that is faster.

Unfortunately in the Fifties and Sixties
The number of peregrine falcons declined due
To Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
But nevertheless they recovered since then and
It's testimony to their wondrous design that
No other carnivorous bird is as widespread.

So let's raise a cheer for the peregrine falcon
A bird that excels and a beautiful marvel.