Messy Room by Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
1) How is figurative language used in the poem? Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is, and why the poet chose to use this figurative language.
Ans: I feel that this poem used hyperbole as the poem said that the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp. The author wanted us to feel that the chair is dirty and disgusting and further exagerating the fact that the room was very messy. This poem as a whole maybe could be exageration as it said that a lizard named Ed is sleeping in his bed. Even an animal was sleeping on his bed!
2) Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.
Ans: I like this poem as the author's imagination on a messy room was interesting. I like how he described where the items were all over the place and imaged it to be a place where it normally should not be in. But the best part was at the end, he gave it a slight twist and told us that it was his own room. At the beginning, I thought that it was a room of his friends but little did I know.
1 comment:
I like that twist ending as well, where the room is so messy that he doesn't even realize it's his own.
And I think you're right in that the entire poem builds up to a hyperbole; this is the apotheosis of a messy room, the messiest of the messiest room that ever existed.
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