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 * ||  ||   || **"Sick"**

"I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measels and the mumps, A gash, a rash, and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, Im going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big Ive counted sixteen chicken pox And theres one more -- that's seventeen, And don't you think my face looks green? My leg is cut, my eyes are blue--- It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke, I'm sure that my left leg is broke--- My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button's caving in, My back is wrenched, my ancle is sprained, My 'pendix painseach time it rains. My nose is cold, my toes are numb, I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my voice is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My toung is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk,I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, my heart is what? What's that? What's thet you say? Yo say today is ... Saturday? G'bye, I'm going out to play!" By: Shel Silverstein __Directions__ 1. Choose a poem that you like. 2. Answer the following questions about the poem. What is your interpretation of the poem? Can you identify any figurative language? simile metaphor personification alliteration idiom hyperbole

Does your poem fit a certain category? Tell me how it fits the category. haiku tanka limerick color poem concrete poem free verse

What is the mood of the poem?

Why did you choose this poem?

Import a picture to symbolize a meaning in the poem. Tell me why you chose that picture.

Find a cartoon, video, or other graphic to go with the poem.

Who is the author? Write a few sentences about the author.

I chose the poem "Sick". This poem is from the book __Where the Sidewalk Ends__ by Shel Silverstein. This poemis comical and was made to make you laugh. This poem uses similes because it uses the words like and as. This is a concrete poem and I know this because it speciftcly describes things such as "And don't you think my face looks green?". The mood of this poem is comical or funny. I chose this poem becaus it is one of my favorite poems and I have known it since I was seven. ||  ||   ||   || I chose this picture because it hes a child faking sick just like in the poem.

The author of this poem is Shel Silverstein. Other than writing he likes to draw, play the guitar, write songs, and sing. He is also the author of __The Giving Tree, A Giraffe and a Half, Lafcadio,the Lion Who Shot Back, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up.__ These are some things you might want to know about Shel. ||

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