Read the excerpt from stanza 1 of "The Turtle.”breaks from the blue-blackskin of the water, dragging her shellwith its mossy scutesacross the shallows and through the rushesThe repeated "sh” sound adds to the stanza’s

The repeated “sh” sound in “shell,” “shallows,” and “rushes” creates a flowing, hushed sound as the turtle moves through the water. That sound pattern contributes to the stanza’s rhythm. It does not create a rhyme scheme or a regular meter.

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