The turtle lives ‘twixt plated decks
Which practically conceal its sex.
I think it clever of the turtle
In such a fix to be so fertile.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Ogden Nash's poem The Turtle

1 Comment

  1. Payton says:

    this poem touched me deeply.
    I cried. I was very saddened.

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