How Does Dr. Seuss Rhyme Scheme

Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, was an American writer and author and his work is loved by children all over the world. He was born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts and attended Dartmouth College and later attended Lincoln College Oxford. He wrote comics for various newspapers and magazines and during world war 2 he wrote political cartoons. After the war Dr. Seuss started writing children's books and that is what he is best known for today. He became one of the most famous children book writers and his work is almost instantly recognizable. What made him so popular is his unique writing style that not many other writers possess. Dr. Seuss’ distinct writing style is playful, silly and he is very creative and

Seuss’ book The Sneetches his style can be seen through the use of his rhyme scheme, imagery, personification, allegory, and symbolism. In this book, he used a variety of rhyme schemes as it varied for each stanza. For example, in the first stanza he uses an ABAB rhyme scheme, “Now, the Star-Bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars. Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small. You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all.” He uses rhymes schemes throughout the poem create a smooth flow. Also, this stanza shows how Seuss loves to be creative; he makes fictional characters like Sneetches and also makes up words to make lines rhyme or just to be creative and humorous. Additionally, when Seuss writes “Then the big machine roared. And it klonked. And it bonked. And it jerked. And it berked. And it bopped them about,” his use of personification and imagery portray his style. Seuss here used personification to give the big machine human like features; he says the machine roars to give it more a human like feeling and to make the machine feel alive. He also used imagery to describe the machine by using words like klonked, bonked, jerked, berked; by using words like these he gives it a childlike feel and he also made up silly words which added to the playful tone. This shows his creativeness and playfulness in his writing. He also uses symbolism and allegory to try to convey his theme. The sneetches

Like all of Seuss’ books he used a rhyme scheme in this poem to create a smooth flow and rhythm, “I do not like them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse. I do not like them here or there. I do not like them anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am.” Here in this stanza Seuss used an AABBCC rhyme scheme which made it flow and gave it a smooth rhythm. The use of hyperbole in this book also conveys Seuss’ style, “Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox?” Sam goes on to list all the ways to eat them. Although no one would eat them like this Seuss uses hyperbole to give it a more playful feel and uses his creativeness and imagination here. Seuss also uses allegory and repetition in this poem to give us another life message, “I do not like them in a box. I do not like them with a fox. I do not like them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse. I do not like them here or there.” The repetition of “I do not like” showed us how he didn’t like green eggs and ham with anything even though he had not even tried then yet. Then he gives it a try, “So I will eat them in a box. And I will eat them with a fox. And I will eat them in a house. And I will eat them with a mouse. And I will eat them here and there. Say! I will eat them anywhere! I do so like green eggs and ham!