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.

Extreme Dream
Dear Santa, Did You Get My Tweet?
My Dog Ate My Homework
Rules for School by Kenn Nesbitt
Rules for School
Mr. Whisper
I Finished My Homework
My Book Report Is Due Today by Kenn Nesbitt
My Book Report Is Due Today
I Found a Penny on the Ground
The Headless Horseman's Hattery by Kenn Nesbitt
The Headless Horseman’s Hattery
My Lunch Gave Me a Tummy Ache
I Went to a Wishing Well
I’m Staying Home From School Today
Deer Mrs. Teecher
Today I Decided to Make Up a Word
The First Day of School
My Brother Was Brought by a Bunny
Winter Wonderland
Horror Movie Marathon by Kenn Nesbitt
Horror Movie Marathon
When Sarah Surfs the Internet
A Goat in a Landfill
I’m Lonely, So Lonely
Dad in the Sand by Kenn Nesbitt
Dad in the Sand
Welcome Back to School
My iPhone Did My Homework