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.

Somebody Stole My Butt by Kenn Nesbitt
Somebody Stole My Butt
Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk by Kenn Nesbitt
Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk
My Teacher Took My iPod by Kenn Nesbitt
My Teacher Took My iPod
Today I Wrote this Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Wrote this Poem
Cooking Class by Kenn Nesbitt
Cooking Class
Zoom Gloom by Kenn Nesbitt
Zoom Gloom
My Brother Ate My Smartphone by Kenn Nesbitt
My Brother Ate My Smartphone
My Sister Should Be an Explorer
I Dreamed it Was December by Kenn Nesbitt
I Dreamed it Was December
Robot Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
Robot Halloween
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds by Kenn Nesbitt
My Puppy Ate My Earbuds
Running Late by Kenn Nesbitt
Running Late
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat by Kenn Nesbitt
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat
The First Week of School by Kenn Nesbitt
The First Week of School
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
I Helped My Mom Make Dinner
It's a Drag to Be a Dragon by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s a Drag to Be a Dragon
Mrs. Mandy's Candy Shop by Kenn Nesbitt
Mrs. Mandy’s Candy Shop
Perfect by Kenn Nesbitt
Perfect
When Larry Made Lasagna
After Thanksgiving
Elaine the Complainer by Kenn Nesbitt
Elaine the Complainer
I'd Like to Be a Movie Star by Kenn Nesbitt
I’d Like to Be a Movie Star
My Christmas Travel Plan by Kenn Nesbitt
My Christmas Travel Plan
Extreme Dream

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