poetic device: Irony

Irony is when what you expect to happen doesn’t occur, but instead results in the opposite action or effect. For example, if someone were run over by an ambulance, or if you went to “Camp Sunshine” and it rained the whole week.

All of these poems have at least one example of irony each, usually at the end of the poem. See if you can figure out what is ironic in each of these poems.

AstroCow by Kenn Nesbitt
AstroCow
April Fool's Day by Kenn Nesbitt
April Fool’s Day
I Bought a Maserati by Kenn Nesbitt
I Bought a Maserati
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye by Kenn Nesbitt
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
My Dog Does My Homework
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars by Kenn Nesbitt
We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars
I Think My Dad Is Dracula
My Sloth Is Supersonic
My Brother Plays Dungeons and Dragons
My Virtual Puppy
A Fishy List by Kenn Nesbitt
A Fishy List
I Hypnotized the Teacher
Olympic Granny by Kenn Nesbitt
Olympic Granny
I Made a New Password by Kenn Nesbitt
I Made a New Password
Today I Got a Valentine
The Football Game Is on TV by Kenn Nesbitt
The Football Game Is on TV
We Ate All the Cheetos
We Ate All the Cheetos
All My Great Excuses by Kenn Nesbitt
All My Great Excuses
It’s Friday the 13th Tomorrow
I Can’t Get Enough of this Pokémon Go
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Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk
My New Remote
I Woke Up this Morning by Kenn Nesbitt
I Woke up this Morning