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'd Like to Be a Movie Star by Kenn Nesbitt
I’d Like to Be a Movie Star
Saturday's My Lazy Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Saturday’s My Lazy Day
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat by Kenn Nesbitt
Incomplete Trick-or-Treat
The First Week of School by Kenn Nesbitt
The First Week of School
Elaine the Complainer by Kenn Nesbitt
Elaine the Complainer
Dear Santa, Did You Get My Tweet?
My Dog Ate My Homework
I Found a Penny on the Ground
Mr. Whisper
I Finished My Homework
Deer Mrs. Teecher
I’m Staying Home From School Today
Winter Wonderland
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
I'm Glad at Last It's Halloween by Kenn Nesbitt
I’m Glad at Last It’s Halloween
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
Our Parents Were Kidnapped by Pirates by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Parents Were Kidnapped by Pirates
I Went to a Wishing Well
Rules for School by Kenn Nesbitt
Rules for School
A Goat Was in a Landfill by Kenn Nesbitt
A Goat in a Landfill
My Brother Was Brought by a Bunny
I’m Lonely, So Lonely
Welcome Back to School
The Showdown by Kenn Nesbitt
The Showdown

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