Wright ENG4U March 20‚ 2015 Where does the Sidewalk End? An Analysis of Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein People are drawn to poetry because it uses words to express emotions that most people can only feel. The greatest poems tell stories that readers wish to be true. They open doors to worlds of which readers desire to be a part. Most North-American homes are blessed with one of Shel Silverstein’s award winning poetry books. His poem Where the Sidewalk Ends is arguably the best poem of
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Page 1 Madgett Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein is a poem that describes a place that is only enjoyable to children or youth because they are able to use their innocent imagination to fantasize the place beyond "where the sidewalk ends" (L.1) where as an adult may have grown up and lost their imagination in the city "where asphalt flowers grow" (L.9) A theme depicted in this poem is reality because it takes us deep into the land of childhood fantasies‚ just because we use our imagination
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The poem " Where The Sidewalk Ends " by Shel Silverstein really gives you the feeling that you’re the one walking on the side walk all the way to the other side until it ends. The author’s use of descriptive language conveys the idea of how the side walk looks like. This poem will give you the image in your head and you’ll be able to imagen everything by the details they give you. One evidance that gives you the feeling that you’re actully walking on the sidewalk is " And there the moon-bird
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Stephanie Mitchell M.A.C.U ENGL1203 04W1 14SP English Composition II Professor H. May 25‚ 2014 This is my very first experience with this type of poetry and I most likely would have never read it if I was not taking this course. However‚ despite the delayed exposure the poem that I selected intrigued me somewhat. Many of us today have a tendency to get all caught up in the hustle and bustle of life in general. We forget to take a look out the window sometime
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Poetry Commentary In the poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends”‚ which poetic techniques does the poet Shel Silverstein use to make the work so moving? The poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein signifies the passage of life. The poet uses a sidewalk as an extended metaphor to describe the dark and dreary ways of life. The end of the sidewalk is supposed to represent heaven or the end of the passage. His purpose is to teach the reader about the steady pace in which one walks towards his or
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two very different ways. One of those ways is because it holds sentimental value. When I was younger I learned to read very late in life and I was always so embarrassed of that. My father knew that I was struggling and bought me the book‚ Where the Sidewalk Ends. It is a book full of poems and little pictures written by Shel Silverstein. I remember opening the book to ta random page‚ and it was the page with this poem. I then remember my dad asking me to read it to him. I was so uncomfortable‚ even
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some that would benefit‚ and others that would not‚ and it is shown within the context of Shel Silverstein’s poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends”. This poem offers a different theme or perspective for different audiences‚ which helps capture the attention for all age groups. The anticipated end of one’s path and the impending arrival to the undistinguished afterlife “where the sidewalk ends” stands as the most dominant significance as an adults standpoint. For children‚ an understanding of the transition
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Youth’s Perspective The poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein contains a deeper meaning than what shows on the surface. This poem tells a story about a better place that only the children know; a place different from all the hate and darkness shown in modern life. Shel Silverstein is mostly known for his touching children’s book‚ The Giving Tree‚ and poetry. In the poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends‚” the author emphasizes the idea of how we must follow the children
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The theme of Where the Sidewalk Ends is another world kind of like ours but with a bit of magic or with a bit of more strangeness to it. I know this since all of the poems are kind of out of this world wakey‚ strange‚ or a bit of magic in some of the poems. The setting of the book is in a different world with a bit of magic‚ is wakey‚ and is strange. There are poems all about these things in the book. There are some conflicts in the poems. For example‚ in one‚ a boy is selling his sister and she
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“Where the Sidewalk Ends” One famous poem most people have heard is‚ “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” This poem written by Shel Silverstein‚ is so common people may not even see the significance to the poem anymore. The meaning of the poem is to follow the children because once you learn where the sidewalk does come to an end then the reader will be able to see the fun and carefree life a child lives. This poem connects too many readers near and far‚ because somewhere deep within them they are looking
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