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Poetry Analysis Of 'Underface' By Shel Silverstein

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Based on Shel Silverstein, we should live our lives expressing ourselves with a sense of playfulness , being genuine and living with a positive attitude. Shel Silverstiens work encourages us to embrace our playful side, imaginative side, be true to ourselves and also to approach life with a positive attitude, through the use of whimsical characters and situations that teach different life lessons throughout each poem. Accordingly this topic is about how Shel Silverstein wants us to live our lives. This topic is also important because it gives us an understanding based on Silverstein's perspective towards life. In the poems underface, Yesees and Noees and growing down he uses creative language to convey this message in a fun and engaging …show more content…

Shel Silverstein's poetry uses metaphor , wordplay and symbolism to create a unique and appealing reading experience throughout all poems. First and foremost, In the poem “underface”, silverstein uses the metaphor of different faces people put on in public to hide their true feelings. Also in “yesees and noees”, he uses worldplay to describe two contrasting groups of people who say “yes” to everything and those who say “no” to everything. Lastly in the poem “growing down” he uses symbolism to describe the process of growing up and how it can sometimes feel like growing …show more content…

Firstly, in the poem underface the line “ there's a face that none can see” shows that hiding your face will leave you anonymous therefore That's why Shel Silverstein wants us to be true to ourselves and be honest. Subsequently, if you are hiding your inside face to be a good presentation to the outside world it will leave you miserable and depressed because it makes you feel like in order to make the world happy you have to hide your true self additionally shel silverstein's poem teaches you that you don't have to conceal your identity to make the world a better place. This shows how hiding your true identity can cause you to be unhappy and dishonest . In the poem underface it says a “little less smiley and a little less sure" which means the speaker is dejected with themselves due to being undisclosed with themselves so in all they hide their true selves not knowing that being unknown can make them even more fed up . For one thing, hiding yourself under a mask because you're depressed can leave you even more sadder because it will make you feel like you're not the same as others. Finally, The connection is to be yourself because being stuck in a hole forever feeling like you're different from others will lead you to be unhappy with yourself and your life which can

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