Snowball
Some information about the poet Shel Silverstein is that date of birth was September 25, 1930. Shel Siverstein died in May 10, 1999. Another work of poetry is Tryin' on Clothes. His most famous work of poetry is Hug o War. Our poem that we are doing is Snowball by Shel Silverstein.
A simile in Snowball is "I made myself a snowball as perfect as could be". A hyperbole is "his snowball then last night it ran away". A example of personification is "the snowball wet the bed". An example of imagery is "I made myself a snowball". There is also an example of mood and it is happy. In the poem Snowball the repetition is the "it" word keeps repeating. The punctuation affects the poem by the longness of it. The meaning of the poem is that you should not keep a snowball as a pet or else it will melt. The purpose of the poem is to inform because it is saying don' keep a snowball as a pet. It is also entertain because it is also funny. The rhyme scheme is head, bed and be, me. There is also no rhythm.
A simile in Snowball is "I made myself a snowball as perfect as could be". A hyperbole is "his snowball then last night it ran away". A example of personification is "the snowball wet the bed". An example of imagery is "I made myself a snowball". There is also an example of mood and it is happy. In the poem Snowball the repetition is the "it" word keeps repeating. The punctuation affects the poem by the longness of it. The meaning of the poem is that you should not keep a snowball as a pet or else it will melt. The purpose of the poem is to inform because it is saying don' keep a snowball as a pet. It is also entertain because it is also funny. The rhyme scheme is head, bed and be, me. There is also no rhythm.
"Snowball" Snowball
by Shel Silverstein
I made myself a snow ball as perfect as could be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet and let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas and a pillow for it's head.
Then, last night it ran away.
But first -- it wet the bed.
by Shel Silverstein
I made myself a snow ball as perfect as could be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet and let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas and a pillow for it's head.
Then, last night it ran away.
But first -- it wet the bed.