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Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein was born on September 25th 1930. He was born in Chicago,Illinois. He died in 1999 in Key West Florida from a heart attack. He had a great desire to be popular among women and be a sportsman that didn't work out. That inspired him to be a poet. He was enlisted in the army in 1950. He was a musician and composer.

There's a Polar Bear
In our Frigidaire--
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He's nibbling the noodles,
He's munching the rice,
He's slurping the soda,
He's licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he's in there--
That Polary Bear
In our Fridgitydaire.

 I think he is talking about a person that is super hungry.It stuck out because we had to pick a poem in the 4th grade so I picked this one.I relate to this poem because some times I just want to eat everything in my refrigerator. There is no feeling to this he is just telling.

The rhyme scheme is a,a,a,b,c,d,c,e,f,g,f,h,h,i,i,j,j. The repetition is There's a Polar Bear

In our Frigidaire and That Polary Bear In our Fridgitydaire. The style is a rhyming poem. Using personification and alliteration would make this more interesting if it were a story.

If you want to read Shel Silverstien poems go here http://faculty.weber.edu/chansen/humanweb/projects/MeghanUng/poems.htm .

See if you can find out how many poems SHel Silverstien made and comment them.