Shel Silverstein’s Poems

The Little Boy and the Old Man

1. The underlying message that is being conveyed through this poem is that children always think that they are treated unfairly but in fact adults always understand how they feel.
2. He uses rhymes and assonance to make the poem an easy one to read, so that the message behind the poem can be brought out easily.

2. Messy Room

1.The poem is humorous because the persona is talking about a messy room, and yet it turned out to be that the room is actually his.
2. I feel that the person in the poem was LAZY by not tidying his room, and still dared to put other people into his shoes.

Clooney the Clown

1.Clooney was not funny when he was trying to be one, but made everyone laugh when he talked about him feel sad.
2.Shel Silverstein wanted to let the readers know that the road of success isn't smooth, and you have to get back up once you fall.
3.He has used repetition and alliteration to make the poem seem funny and also show pity to Clooney.