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!
"Oh, dear," is a form of hyperbole. It tells us that the writer was feeling puzzled and ashamed then.
"A lizard named Ed" is a form of symbolism, representing the main character and laziness. Thus, it is because the main character is lazy therefore the room belonging to him is also untidy and messy.
I like this poem because it contains a bit of humour and suspense. The poem is about one person who criticizes a room for being messy, only to find out in the end that the room actually belonged to him. Shel Silverstein manages to give a good and thorough description of the room, allowing us to imagine how the room looked like. He also adds a touch of humour to the poem by including the lizard lying on the bed and the last part of the poem which reveals the truth behind the messy room.
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!
"Oh, dear," is a form of hyperbole. It tells us that the writer was feeling puzzled and ashamed then.
"A lizard named Ed" is a form of symbolism, representing the main character and laziness. Thus, it is because the main character is lazy therefore the room belonging to him is also untidy and messy.
I like this poem because it contains a bit of humour and suspense. The poem is about one person who criticizes a room for being messy, only to find out in the end that the room actually belonged to him. Shel Silverstein manages to give a good and thorough description of the room, allowing us to imagine how the room looked like. He also adds a touch of humour to the poem by including the lizard lying on the bed and the last part of the poem which reveals the truth behind the messy room.
Naming the lizard Ed is an example of personification. "Oh, dear" is an example of apostrophe, addressing someone not there. The only change I want to make in this poem is the last line, and I would have written I 'thought' it looked familiar.
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