Sheldon Silverstein Essay

Sheldon Silverstein wrote many great poems, so I decided to analyze two of best: ‘A Light in the Attic’ and ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’. These poems are one of the biggest icons in children’s literature and made Silverstein one of the most recognized children’s authors in history. Also, these two poems have been considered best-sellers for New York Times in multiple years. Both of these poems have changed the face of children’s literature in many ways. ‘A Light in the Attic’ seems like a poem that is just, ‘random’, something that doesn’t have any meaning to it. Even though this is a small poem, it has a very truthful and outgoing meaning. The main idea of this poem is to explain that young people do think about more than just themselves. They think about serious problems that are occurring or that will occur in their lives such as death, war, and how their own lives will change over time. This poem also explains
The rhyme scheme of this poem is very similar to many of Silverstein’s poems such as ‘Captain Hook’. Also, the titles of some of his poems are reversed such as ‘Runny Babbit’ instead of bunny rabbit. ‘Book Cook’ is the title instead of cook book. Most of Silverstein’s poems are much shorter than the poem I created, but Silverstein’s poems and ‘Book Cook’ both have the same concept when it comes to the length of the poems and rhyme schemes.I doubled the length of the original rhyme scheme to make the poem more meaningful and interesting. The theme of ‘Book Cook’ is to not waste all of your life on one specific thing, it will make your life horrific in the end. Explore different things and find new interests in life. Silverstein’s morales in his poems were reflected upon major events occurring in the Contemporary time period such as war and riots, but also innovation. Like ‘Book Cook’, Silverstein’s poems had meanings about life struggles and achievements during the Contemporary time