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Comedy In Shel Silverstein's Falling Up

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The book “Falling Up” by Shel Silverstein was mostly based on comedy. For example, the poems are so unrealistic. Some poems also have a twist at the end. A funny twist not a serious ending. Moreover, poems aren’t usually serious especially by Shel Silverstein. This book of poems is paradoxical to serious, it is all for comedy and has multiple reasons to support. Firstly, one poem called Falling up is unrealistic. The first and second stanza was “I tripped on my shoelace and I fell up---” This makes no sence, but that is the reason why this poem “Falling Up” was funny.
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