Summary Of Have Van By Shel Silverstein

“HAVE FUN” by Shel Silverstein is a four lined poem explaining the safety of swimming in Pemrose Park. The poem further explains that the safety of the waters are due to the 100% guarantee of there being no sharks. The decreasing count of words from Lines 1-3 portrays a countdown to the increased word count in Line 4. Line 1 “It’s safe to swim” (Silverstein 1) contains four words; Line 2 “In Pemrose Park” (Silverstein 2) contains three; Line 3 “I guarantee” (Silverstien 3) has two; and lastly, Line 4 “There are no Sharks” bringing the count back to four. The increase in word count in line four foreshadows the likelihood of danger that results from swimming in Pemrose park . As seen by the illustration, drawn by Silverstein, the audience sees