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my turtle tim

Ryan Penn

Free verse
I am a turtle
My name is Tim
I live in the ocean
yet i can't swim
  
I am a turtle
purple am I
and the others call me weird
because i have 17 eyes

I am not a poet
as you may see,
but I am a purple turtle
named Timmy McGee

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timmy is a turtle

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Written on January 20, 2023

Submitted by rpenn11909 on January 20, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abxb Axxx xcac
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 222
Words 56
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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