The way of Shel Silverstein - the poem of humors

Probably some of you know this particular poet, Shel Silverstein (or call him Mr. Shell if you like) who writes poems, lines of poems, more lines, bla bla bla ..............

So today our English teacher taught us about this poet and his poems. Considerably, the poems were just as funny as a joke, called the tongue-in-cheek humor. Ok, maybe I can show you how it's funny.......

The Little Boy and the Old Man

Said the little boy, 'Sometimes I drop my spoon.'
Said the old man, 'I do that too.' (lolz)
The little boy whispered, 'I wet my pants.'
'I do that too,' said the old man. (rofl)
Said the little boy, 'I often cry.'
The old man nodded, 'So do I.' (hahaz)
'But worst of all,' said the boy, 'it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me.'
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
'I know what you mean,' said the little old man. (Guess what he means!!)

Ok, if you think this isn't funny, then look at this one:

Messy Room

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp. (XD)
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? (Oops :P) Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

OK, seems funny and ironic all right, like how badly he describes the room which turned out to be his!!! Maybe he will have to keep his room clean for the rest of his life.

Now let's see what's in this messy room of his.........a considerable mess in the room, mess of ironies, rhymes, personification, messages... Ok, now what's the real deal with this poem? Why, it does have a match with yourself if you think harder.

And I mean there's a match, which is the human nature. Consider what has the poet Mr. Shell done. Notice that he diverts the blame of the messy room to others before he found out that it was HIS room. Well, all I can say is that all humans have this nature of diverting our own blame to others. Mr. Shell probably has a point writing this poem, else it would be embarassing if it really happened and it was published WORLDWIDE!!!

And well that kind of human nature was further described. If you had noticed the chair in the room was said to be mucky, fungus-growing and damp. How long hasn't Mr. Shell got his chair washed? And even the lizard, Ed, asleep on top of his bed, if it were us we would have screamed! Lizard with a name? Asleep on top of the bed without knowing any harm? WOW!!!

Yup, and irony is in there, and OBVIOUS!! Ironic that Mr. Shell blamed his messy room, ironic that he said the owner should be ASHAMED!!