Hyperbole?

Question

Hi I was jw do any of you guys know a published poem that uses hyperbole? do any shel silverstein poems uses it? thanks.

Answer 1

Largely synonymous with exaggeration and overstatement, hyperbole is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated or extravagant. It may be used due to strong feelings or is used to create a strong impression and is not meant to be taken literally. It gives greater emphasis. It is often used in poetry and is a literary device.

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Answer 2

Here's one poem that uses hyperbole from Shel Silverstein:
EXAMINATION
I went to the doctor-
He Reached down my throat,He pulled out a shoe And a little toy boat, He pulled out a skate And a bicycle seat, And said, " Be more careful About what you eat."

Answer 3

i found one here..

Hyperbole for a large number
by Stephen Brockwell
Not the hair that you or I have touched
but the follicles all lovers hands have combed
their fingers through, that number so much
greater, say, than all the teeth from speechless

mouths that now the fish and birds
perceive as stream and garden pebbles.
Not the breaths our mother exhaled
since mud filled her father's lungs

at Amiens but all the breaths of children
put to rest since Iphigenia's sacrifice.
Not the drops of blood that have
fallen on all the battlefields of spring

but the particles of mist the sun has scattered
from them -- enough to weigh your khakis
down after a patrol, enough to resurrect
your face from its evening mask of ash.

Not the number of the stars that burn
and burn out like eyes of but the number
of the particles that give the stars their fire
surely exceeds the number of our crimes.

im sure shel uses hyperboles

Answer 4

I don't think any of his poems have any, but I would research it!