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.

I Woke Up this Morning by Kenn Nesbitt
I Woke up this Morning
A Fishy List by Kenn Nesbitt
A Fishy List
It's a Drag to Be a Dragon by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s a Drag to Be a Dragon
The Headless Horseman's Hattery by Kenn Nesbitt
The Headless Horseman’s Hattery
My Teacher Took My iPod by Kenn Nesbitt
My Teacher Took My iPod
Cooking Class by Kenn Nesbitt
Cooking Class
Robot Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
Robot Halloween
Zoom Gloom by Kenn Nesbitt
Zoom Gloom
My Brother Ate My Smartphone by Kenn Nesbitt
My Brother Ate My Smartphone
I Dreamed it Was December by Kenn Nesbitt
I Dreamed it Was December
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner
Today I Wrote this Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Wrote this Poem
Hank the Helpful Helper
Hank the Helpful Helper
My Sister Should Be an Explorer by Kenn Nesbitt
My Sister Should Be an Explorer
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds by Kenn Nesbitt
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds
Running Late by Kenn Nesbitt
Running Late
When Larry Made Lasagna
The First Day of School
Mrs. Mandy's Candy Shop by Kenn Nesbitt
Mrs. Mandy’s Candy Shop
Perfect by Kenn Nesbitt
Perfect
Extreme Dream
After Thanksgiving
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat by Kenn Nesbitt
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat
My Christmas Travel Plan by Kenn Nesbitt
My Christmas Travel Plan

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