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I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my voice is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear.
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10. ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’. Where better to conclude this pick of the greatest Shel Silverstein poems than where the sidewalk ends, that magic, hidden space between the path and the road? Indeed, this is probably the best-known of all of Shel Silverstein’s poems.
Shel Silverstein. Track 30 on Where the Sidewalk Ends (book) Jan. 1, 1984 1 viewer. 1 Contributor. Sick Lyrics. "I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the...
Mar 2, 2020 · “Sick” from Where the Sidewalk Ends. My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button’s caving in, My back is wreched, my ankle’s sprained, My ‘pendix pains each time it rains. Read the...
Analysis (ai): This humorous poem comically exaggerates illnesses to convey a child's desire to avoid school. Unlike Silverstein's other works that often explore darker themes, this poem is lighthearted and playful.
Summary. The poem is divided into three stanzas. We’ll discuss the form of these stanzas below, but let’s summarise what happens in the poem first. The speaker begins by telling us that there is a place where the sidewalk ends but before the street begins.
Where The Sidewalk Ends. There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white, and there the sun burns crimson bright, and there the moon-bird rests from his flight to cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black and the dark street winds and bends.
