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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Death Of A Toad Comments

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A toad the power mower caught,
Chewed and clipped of a leg, with a hobbling hop has got
To the garden verge, and sanctuaried him
Under the cineraria leaves, in the shade
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Roman 20 September 2018

This is not a sonnet. A sonnet contains 14 lines, this poem clearly has 18.

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