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[[File:What_a_piece_of_work_are_birds.jpg|thumb|What a piece of work are birds.]]"'''What a piece of work are birds!'''" is a phrase from within a monologue by an anonymous contemporary of William Shakespeare.
[[File:What a piece of work are birds (King bird of paradise).jpg|thumb|What a piece of work are birds. (King bird of paradise [https://twitter.com/Enviearth_web/status/1367761784254328832 photo by Dustin Chen].)]]"'''What a piece of work are birds!'''" is a phrase from within a monologue by an anonymous contemporary of William Shakespeare.


== The speech ==
== The speech ==
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* [https://twitter.com/Enviearth_web/status/1367761784254328832 Post] @ Twitter
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1357388511301804037 Post] @ Twitter
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_piece_of_work_is_a_man What a piece of work is man] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_piece_of_work_is_a_man What a piece of work is man] @ Wikipedia
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Revision as of 03:29, 5 March 2021

What a piece of work are birds. (King bird of paradise photo by Dustin Chen.)

"What a piece of work are birds!" is a phrase from within a monologue by an anonymous contemporary of William Shakespeare.

The speech

What a piece of work are birds! How noble in saturation, how infinite in hue! In spectral absorption and reflection how express and admirable ... the beauty of the air ... the paragon of visual stimuli!

History

It was detected and partially decrypted by software developer and APTO-certified fabulist Karl Jones on the afternoon of Thursday, 4 February 2021, in a post on Twitter.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links