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.

A Reindeer for Christmas
I'll Never Ride the Waterslide by Kenn Nesbitt
I’ll Never Ride the Waterslide
Our Teacher Sings the Beatles by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Teacher Sings the Beatles
New Year's Day Promises by Kenn Nesbitt
New Year’s Day Promises
I Never Want to Go to Bed
I Don't Watch TV by Kenn Nesbitt
I Don’t Watch TV
Moving to China
Today I Had a Rotten Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Had a Rotten Day
Alphabet Break by Kenn Nesbitt
Alphabet Break
Electronic Christmas
December 26
I Love to Do the Laundry by Kenn Nesbitt
I Love to Do the Laundry
Josh, Who Didn’t Like to Wash
Morning Sports
Snow Mail by Kenn Nesbitt
Snow Mail
I’m Not Picky
My Penmanship Is Pretty Bad by Kenn Nesbitt
My Penmanship Is Pretty Bad
Snow Day
I Saw a Sloth Play Soccer
My Mouse is Misbehaving
Ode on a Unicycle
My Parents Sent Me To the Store
My Mirror Likes to Argue
My Dog Is Not the Smartest Dog

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