Shel Silverstein

“No Thank You” by Shel Silverstein or,”Fairy's Lullaby” by William Shakespeare the two great poets. But which one has the most expressive language? “No Thank You”? Or “Fairy’s Lullaby”? Well there’s plenty to share, the narrator from “No Thank You” has said quite a few reasons and examples. The Narrator would also say how he felt about cats and all their downfalls affecting his life. He would say, “I had lice” or, “No more hair in my corn flakes”. I can fully understand how he hates cats…

just take without permission. In this book the boy always asks the tree permission before taking anything from the tree. I believe this book is important because it teaches respect and to be grateful for what you have and to always give back. Shel Silverstein is a great author and his book on the giving tree is a wonderful book it tells how this young man survives and accomplishes and becomes successful because of this tree. The main characters and only characters in this book are the tree and…

I have read poetry before, but it is not my favorite style to read. One of my favorite poems from my past reading would be “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman. I read this poem back years ago and it has stuck with me ever since the first time I read it. My meaning would be how each of us sing a different song as we each live a different life. This poem relates to how each person is different, yet we all have one life to live no matter what profession we choose (Albrecht, 2010). In the last…

and I think in the future it would be really cool to be an author, or just have a poetry book or source out there, and it’s just something that I really like to do. What poets do you continually go back to? I really like Edgar Allan poet Shel Silverstein; Shel does a bunch of children's poems but they’re not on the serious side but they still really good. They are like really silly. And Edgar Allan, does a lot more serious horeish kind of things and it’s a lot older too, more…

A Legacy in Fairy Tales Many scientists believe in the long term value of talking to your children as they develop. Children who are read to develop language and reading skills much faster than their peers, and every mother of a restless child knows that the best way to get a child to be agreeable at bedtime is with a story. I’d like to explore how family stories and fairy tale traditions shape each following generation. For me, my mother raised me on books. When I was very young, I was…

side as she piled book after book into my arms. Despite financial difficulties, my mom made sure that I became acquainted with her favorite childhood authors, and although a generation divided us, the tales of Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary and Shel Silverstein engulfed my childhood just as much as hers. I loved reading. I loved the words and the way they could whisk me out of my own life and send me somewhere else. They showed me…

Holocaust (History.com Staff, 2012). He became the writer and illustrator we all know and love, after a serendipitous introduction to Ursula Nordstom (History.com Staff, 2012). Ursula was a renowned book editor, who was well known for her work with Shel Silverstein, E.B. White, and others (Biography.com Editors, 2014). He was introduced to her at his work. He worked as a window display designer at FAO Schwarz, after he graduated High School (Biography.com Editors, 2014). He was well respected,…

poems emphasize a resolution by using symbolism, however; in the poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” the speaker happens to be more successful with portraying the symbols because of his effective usage of imagery. In “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” Shel Silverstein, an American poet, creates a poem in which the…

Throughout our creative writing class, there have been many poems or stories that have influenced me. From our classroom, the poem Tell You Lies by Rebecca McIntosh stood out as an influential poem. It was written with such honesty and compassion that it has stuck out in my mind. This poem influenced me to write about my life and what is right in front of me such as cats, washing machines, etc. These poems are about life, which is inspirational in writing poetry and short stories. I would…

their downfall is preceded by self-realization. There are many examples of tragic heroes in stories, including Okonkwo from the novel Things Fall Apart. In addition, another example of a tragic hero is the tree in the book The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. What the author is trying to portray about the concept of a tragic hero in The Giving Tree is how a hero can be very giving, just like the tree. But a…