Shel Silverstein Figurative Language

Throughout this poem, Shel Silverstein uses alot of repetition, Which helps the reader pull out the main parts of the story. The parts that the author keeps making because it is important in the story. Silverstein continously uses the word once to show that he once did something. For example, he says "Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings" and he says "Once I understood each word the caterpillar said". He says that to show the reader he did that. Also he does it to show that him doing that was important and a key part to this poem. Also he says and alot and continously repeats it. He uses and because it is also a key part to the poem and important. He alway uses and the line after the line that uses once. He does this to show they he did multiple things that related to that one thing he did once. The author, Silverstein, also uses alot of words that apply to the sences. He uses words like hear. He uses these words to show how he physically interacted with these things that he once did. For example, after he said he once heard and answered all the questions of the crickets he says AND …show more content…
For example, he says in line 3 that he smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings. This line describes how he is smiling. This is good because by describing to the reader how he smiling can put an image in the readers head. The image that is created in the readers head helps understand Silverstein and the poem. By doing this it also helps the reader understand the emotion of that line and the story and can give the reader a better sence of what they are reading. Also another line he made descriptive was line 6. In line 6 Silverstein says "And joined the crying of each falling dying". In this line he is descriping his emotion by saying that he was crying. This, just like in line 3, helps the reader create a picture and understand the poem and the emotion in the peom and line