Do you know the poem Cloony The Clown By Shel Silverstein ?

Question

I need help findind the poetic devices and the them to it.

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/shel-... this is the link


what are the poetic devics that were used?

Answer 1

"floppy and sloppy" is onomatopoeia - The use of words which imitate sound.

Rhyme - The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words, is throughout the entire poem (obviously :P)

"And he told them all why he looked so sad,/And he told them all why he felt so bad." Repetition - the repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas (also happens in the laughter part)

All of these things are folund in more than one spot in the poem... but here is a start for you!

Answer 2

POETRY ANALYSIS.

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/indexpoet.html

http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/critiquing.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/37.html

Poetry Analysis Fact Sheet

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/analysis.html

HOW TO EXPLICATE A POEM

A poetry explication is a relatively short analysis which describes the possible meanings and relationships of the words, images, and other small units that make up a poem. Writing an explication is an effective way for a reader to connect a poem's plot and conflicts with its structural features.

http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~sl01/explcat.html

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html

Poetry Analysis

Teacher: Analysing Poetry is like peeling an onion...

Student: Yeah, It makes you cry

http://www.geocities.com/sir_john_eh/poetry.html

A Framework for Responding to Poetry

http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/workunits/ks3/poetry/framework.html

Glossary of Poetry Terms

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0903237.html

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/

Good luck.

Answer 3

I would love to help but the link doesn't work