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THE LITTLE TURTLE by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE WAS A LITTLE TURTLE
Last Line: BUT HE DIDN'T CATCH ME.
Subject(s): TURTLES; TORTOISES;

There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.



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