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.

While Strolling Down the Beach Today
Melinda Made a Snowman
You Can Never Be Too Careful by Kenn Nesbitt
You Can Never Be Too Careful
Mr. Right by Kenn Nesbitt
Mr. Right
Hannah’s Hammer
The Sport for Me by Kenn Nesbitt
The Sport for Me
Octopus for Lunch
I Let My Mind Wander
Presently Surprised
Broken
I like It When It's Quiet by Kenn Nesbitt
I Like It When It’s Quiet
I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room
Easter Feaster by Kenn Nesbitt
Easter Feaster
Merlo the Magnificent
Wishing for Fish
I've Started Getting Younger by Kenn Nesbitt
I’ve Started Getting Younger
The Monster Mattress Superstore by Kenn Nesbitt
The Monster Mattress Superstore
The Biggest Burp Ever
Homework, I Love You
Christmas Shopping
This Morning at School by Kenn Nesbitt
This Morning at School
Don't Ever Bite Your Sister by Kenn Nesbitt
Don’t Ever Bite Your Sister
Thanksgiving Leftovers
I Went to the Doctor

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