He offers to show her the Lobster-Quadrille again or hear a song by the Mock Turtle. It is a parody of "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Botham Howitt.It appeared in Chapter 10 of Carroll's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and was sung by a character in the book, the Mock Turtle. All the poem selections and ways of interacting with those are freely available, the resources in the Learning Zone, and lots of information about the Poetry By Heart competition including the competition guides. “When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea. It was taught to him at school by his teacher called Tortoise. It was first published in 1865 as part of Carroll's children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

It is a parody of the poem "Star of the Evening." Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! The Mock Turtle’s Song.

The Turtle is a visual pun on mock turtle soup, an imitation of green turtle soup made from the head, hooves and tail of a calf.

Alice messes up the words of this poem, too, which greatly befuddles the Mock Turtle, who wants explanations of the nonsensical verse that results. Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! ... Also by Adham Smart. The poem is very similar to "The Spider and the Fly" in the way that it rhymes and mimics its flow and tune. Landing.

Interesting Links: "The Mock Turtle's Song", also known as the "Lobster Quadrille", is a song recited by the Mock Turtle in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, accompanied by a dance. "The Lobster Quadrille" (also known as "The Mock Turtle's Song" or "Will You, Won't You Join the Dance?")

Submissions . The Mock Turtle is a fictional character from the novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Alice requests the song and the Mock Turtle sings “Turtle Soup.” The master was an old Turtle - we used to call him Tortoise -" "Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?" "The Lobster Quadrille" is a song written by Lewis Carroll. The Mock Turtle is a very melancholic character, because it is thought that he used to be a real turtle. He won the Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry Prize in 2009 and was named Ohio Poet of the Year in 2014. Adham Smart. Who for such dainties would not stoop? The Mock Turtle’s Song This poem is a parody of a poem that's still quite popular today, 'Come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly', but like all Carroll's poems this takes place in a much more nonsensical context, underwater for starters, and instead of a wicked spider luring a fly to its death, this is just a …