Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know The place where the sidewalk ends. 1.The words are "Let us leave this place".It is hyperbole as it exaggerates and tries to include the reader into the peom.The writer chose this style as it gives a feeling that the writer himself is reading out the poem to the reader."the moon-bird rests from his flight",it is personification as the moon is described as something which rests.The writer chose this style as he wants to make the character feel more familiar to the reader through making the moon feel humane."the dark street winds and bends,"It is a metaphor.The chose this style as he wants to describe the street as something of evil thus saying that the street winds and bends which shows complicity and resembles a snake which is known as a "evil" animal."this place where the smoke blows black",It is the style of symbolism.The writer chose this style as it shows the dislike the writer has of the place as the smoke symbolises the corruption and pollution of the place. 2.I like the poem as it has a somewhat optimistic approach as in the first stave of the poem,it depicts the end of the sidewalk as something that the writer looks forward to as it can be observed from the sentences saying phrases like "There the sun burns crimson bright".The poem also has a deeper meaning as the sidewalk in the story could refer to the sidewalk of life and that the writer believes that at the very end of the sidewalk of life,there would be pleasant stuff waiting for them after all the suffering in life. The poem also teaches about enviromental issues as it talks about the smoke coming out of the factories which depicts the pollution that we have now.
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know The place where the sidewalk ends. 1.The words are "Let us leave this place".It is hyperbole as it exaggerates and tries to include the reader into the peom.The writer chose this style as it gives a feeling that the writer himself is reading out the poem to the reader."the moon-bird rests from his flight",it is personification as the moon is described as something which rests.The writer chose this style as he wants to make the character feel more familiar to the reader through making the moon feel humane."the dark street winds and bends,"It is a metaphor.The chose this style as he wants to describe the street as something of evil thus saying that the street winds and bends which shows complicity and resembles a snake which is known as a "evil" animal."this place where the smoke blows black",It is the style of symbolism.The writer chose this style as it shows the dislike the writer has of the place as the smoke symbolises the corruption and pollution of the place. 2.I like the poem as it has a somewhat optimistic approach as in the first stave of the poem,it depicts the end of the sidewalk as something that the writer looks forward to as it can be observed from the sentences saying phrases like "There the sun burns crimson bright".The poem also has a deeper meaning as the sidewalk in the story could refer to the sidewalk of life and that the writer believes that at the very end of the sidewalk of life,there would be pleasant stuff waiting for them after all the suffering in life. The poem also teaches about enviromental issues as it talks about the smoke coming out of the factories which depicts the pollution that we have now.
