Lesson 1b for home learning

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!

The repitition of "Whoesever room this should be ashamed!" is a hyperbole as it emphasises the messiness of the room. The "oh dear" at the end of the poem is also a hyperbole as it shows that the author is actually shocked when he realises the room is his own room.

The phrase "A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed" is a personofication since it shows the lizard sleeping in the person's bed, like a human being who sleeps in a bed. This phrase is also a metaphor to show that the room is messy since it is using a lizard which is seemingly unrelated to the room.

There is no simile in this poem since it does not use like or as.

The parts which show the room is messy by telling of all the things that make it messy show symbolism.

The poet used figurative language to emphasise on how messy the room is, giving the poem an interesting light and making it sound nice at the same time.

I like this poem since there is a twist of humor in it at the last part where the author realises the room he has been critisizing is actually his own room. The examples given to show the messiness of the room are also funny and different.