Turtle Dove

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: An affectionate name for someone you truly care about and would take bullets for.

Source: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Turtledove

Found in: “My Boy Willie” by Anonymous line 31 – “And in the middle a turtle dove

The word Turtle Dove means a sign of love. This helps me understand the poem better because it helps me further understand what the speaker means when she says she die of love.

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