Shel Silverstein's No Thank You

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“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 and how they’re a nuisance. In the poem it tells that the Narrator is not a cat person.

The Narrator in, “No Thank You” would be all picky about cats and that he’d never get or have one. Narrator would say that he didn’t want no kitty cuddly-poo,

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