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  • Essay / Comparison with Shel Silverstein - 544

    In the poem “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Wouldn't Take Out the Trash” by Shel Silverstein, the poet conveys his message to the audience in an extremely clear manner. Shel Silverstein uses a mask of humor to make his message to the audience more impressive and stronger than other poems. Three reasons that help make Shel Silverstein's message clear are that there is a funny part in the poem that people can relate to, that the poem itself is very descriptive to get a lot of information , and that the message is very deep and therefore readers really need to think deeply. First, Shel Silverstein conveys her reasoning to readers in a fun way so they can enjoy the poem. For example, when Shel Silverstein writes "The trash reached the entire state, from New York to the Golden Gate" (Silverstein 452), he says that because Sara Stout didn't take the trash out sooner, everything went wrong. accumulated on it and reached a record level. scandalous amount. Shel Silverstein used the author's craftsmanship to make this statement more humorous instead of serious so that readers could better appreciate its meaning....