The following is a poem I wrote that models after Shel Silverstein's style of writing.
MY DOGGY Sitting on the couch with me, Is my doggy, named Teddy He doesn't judge or try to harm He is always at my arm He always greets me at the door, And I love him forever more. I feel that this is a good representation of a Shel Silverstein poem because it has a definite rhyme scheme like most of his poems do, mine is aabbcc. It also tells a story about the love I have for my dog, most of his poems tell a story about something silly, but some are more serious. I used repetition in my poem when I started lines three, four, and five with "he". |
Analysis of "Poet's Tree"
"Poet's Tree" by Shel Silverstein is a classic example of his work. Silverstein uses alliteration, hyperbole, and metaphors to get the reader to understand how he feels about poetry. He uses alliteration in line three, "word-web weaves" and again in line four, "shady story". In line six, Silverstein uses hyperbole to show that the poet's tree is not just at the trunk, but it stretches across the land, it can "reach from the mountains to the sea." He uses a metaphor in line eight when he calls the leaves of the poet's tree "rhymes", this makes the leaves a part of the poem writing process. |