Tortoise Toe Jam
Neil McLeod 1947 (Oxford)
Tortoise Toe-Jam
A tortoise, as every one knows,
Takes his home with him where ere he goes.
And he's terribly strong and can take you along
But you have to watch out for your toes.
You are not going any where quickly
The view is not anything high,
You might find your ride is just hidden inside,
Its shell, but you give it a try.
A nudge with the toe of your sandal
To the back foot, just under the rim,
Should do the trick, but you have to be quick,
And not get pinched as legs are drawn in.
The thing about children and sandals,
Is they wear them until toes are bunched,
It's with razor to go, that, you cut off the toe-cap
So on tortoise rides toes might get crunched.
You can see images of my sister riding a tortoise here: http://abitingchance.blogspot.com/search?q=Tortoise
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Submitted by NeilMcLeod on July 10, 2014
Modified on April 06, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXA XBXB XXXX XCXC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 763 |
Words | 149 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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