“Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein is a poem about an imaginary world where everything is abnormal, but intriguing and extremely impressive. However, only the youth can discover this world and that is by finding the end of the side walk. Their journey is a slow one, where they follow “chalk-white arrows” . At the end of their embarkment, they come to their world filled with the imagination that thrives through their youthful minds. Their dreams and thoughts become reality and this world is there utopian. Numerous themes are encountered in “Where the Sidewalk Ends”.For instance, the themes of exploration and youth stood out brightly. The poem is about an expedition to the end of the sidewalk. Therefore, the traveler is submitting
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Within the first two stanzas, the first line doesn't rhyme with anything, but the second line rhythms with the last line. For example in the poem it states “And before the street begins” and “To cool in the peppermint wind”. Afterwards, the lines that rhyme with each other are the third, fourth, and fifth lines. For instance, “And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight”. These lines are all repetitions of sound. In addition, alliteration was a key aspect in the poem. It added a feeling of fun and jumpiness into the poem, when reading it out loud. And because of the alliteration the lines in each stanza are more memorable and injects done of emphasis on important areas. The alliteration is heard because of the caprices of sound to sound. This is heard when the sounds of “b”, “p”, “w”, and “g”s are scattered throughout the poem. Alliteration also helped the qualities of things being described more broadcasted. Such as “grass grows” and “blows black”. It sounds good to the mind with “grass grows” and than becomes negative to the mind with “blows black”. Furthermore, the poem contains 3 stanzas and there is a pattern of long lines and than after there is a short …show more content…
It makes the reader feel and comprehend the poem better. For example, Silverstein portrays a city that has dark and winding streets and paints it vividly with “smoke blows black” and “the dark street winds and bends”.This will disgust the reader and they will want to got to a place that is beautiful. Once again Silverstein uses imagery to make the place at the end of the sidewalk vibrant and magical. For instance, he paints the place with “suns burn crimson bright” and “the grass grows soft and white”. This imagery will the reader to yearn for the pretty and cheerful place at the end of the
Within the first two stanzas, the first line doesn't rhyme with anything, but the second line rhythms with the last line. For example in the poem it states “And before the street begins” and “To cool in the peppermint wind”. Afterwards, the lines that rhyme with each other are the third, fourth, and fifth lines. For instance, “And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight”. These lines are all repetitions of sound. In addition, alliteration was a key aspect in the poem. It added a feeling of fun and jumpiness into the poem, when reading it out loud. And because of the alliteration the lines in each stanza are more memorable and injects done of emphasis on important areas. The alliteration is heard because of the caprices of sound to sound. This is heard when the sounds of “b”, “p”, “w”, and “g”s are scattered throughout the poem. Alliteration also helped the qualities of things being described more broadcasted. Such as “grass grows” and “blows black”. It sounds good to the mind with “grass grows” and than becomes negative to the mind with “blows black”. Furthermore, the poem contains 3 stanzas and there is a pattern of long lines and than after there is a short …show more content…
It makes the reader feel and comprehend the poem better. For example, Silverstein portrays a city that has dark and winding streets and paints it vividly with “smoke blows black” and “the dark street winds and bends”.This will disgust the reader and they will want to got to a place that is beautiful. Once again Silverstein uses imagery to make the place at the end of the sidewalk vibrant and magical. For instance, he paints the place with “suns burn crimson bright” and “the grass grows soft and white”. This imagery will the reader to yearn for the pretty and cheerful place at the end of the