Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein, known for his children’s stories and poems, “invited children to dream and dare to imagine the impossible”, while giving messages and teaching morals (“About Shel”). He often had stories build each other, such as The Missing Piece and its companion title, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, which “explore the concept of fulfillment” (“About Shel”). The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, is an allegory about a lost piece trying to find where it belongs; while encountering symbolic…

In elementary school, I was obsessed with poetry; or, what I considered to be poetry. Really, I was just obsessed with Shel Silverstein. At every visit to the school library, I would rush to the poetry section and look for the thick, white, plastic binding of any Silverstein collection. It didn’t matter if I’d already checked out the book three or four times already, as long as it was different than the one I had just replaced on the metal return cart. I didn’t really have a favorite collection.…

to you? The book ¨The Giving Tree¨ demonstrates that even though one may not have much to give, there is always someone or something that will be there. Often times parents give to their child when he or she is in need. In ¨The Giving Tree¨. Shel Silverstein uses the characters of the tree to explain the sacrifices a parent makes for their child. As the boy was young, the tree provided a place to play. Every day the boys would come visit the tree. The boy would swing from the branches, eat the…

difficult to analyze than others. To explore this concept it is necessary to analyze poems from each spectrum of difficulty. The poems “Messy room” by Shel Silverstein, “The Reason Why The Closet-Man is Never Sad” by Russell Edson, and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson will exemplify this concept. “Messy Room” by Shel Silverstein consists of the author listing miscellaneous items strewn across the messy room. The author notes that a chair has become “mucky and damp” and…

“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…

Giving Tree” is an old story about two people, the boy and the tree. The boy is always trying to get certain things from the tree. The boy is also not giving anything back to the tree and leaving the tree with nothing to have. In the Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein uses the relationship between the boy and the tree to demonstrate the act of giving. The boy in the Giving Tree is always asking for things like food, shelter, etc. But when he’s getting it he is not giving anything back to the tree so…

Where the Sidewalk Ends Where the Sidewalk Ends is a collection of poems by Shel Silverstein. The book was published in 1974 and imminently got many great reviews. The book was published by HarperCollins which is one of the world's largest publishing companies. The Genre is Children's poetry and it really has no intended audience. The Theme of Where the Sidewalk Ends is basically where the sidewalk ends a world of great imagination begins. This book does not have just one plot but it has…

“I’m leaving behind all the fake people in my life and yes I know who you are”- unknown. This quote pertains to Margo because she hates fake people and the society she lives in. Margo wishes that people would not care about what other people say about them and act like who they really are. In Paper Towns, by John Green, the characters Q, Ben, Radar, and Lacey journey on an adventure to find their friend, Margo, who ran away. On their travels, they slowly uncover Margo’s real personality. John…

Dr. Seuss was a major success in poetry because of his various eccentric characters used in his poems. Wendy Mass states this to demonstrate the idea: “Children and adults loved the mischievous cat [from The Cat in the Hat] in the stovepipe hat who did all sorts of things that good little boys and girls weren’t supposed to do.” (61). She uses this quote to support her idea: “I will hold [the fish] up high/As I stand on a ball/With a book on one hand! /And a cup on my hat! /But that is not ALL I…

ASSIGNMENT 4: Story and Venacular One song that resinates with me is Jonny Cash's "A boy named Sue". Johnny cash is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. It was originaly written by the Shel Silverstein but was made popular by Johnny Cash. This song is a Talking blues aka "The Talking Guitar" and a form of folk/country music. This song relates to my brother and his life and is about a guy who had to deal with a girly name throught out his youth. When my…