About the Teeth of Sharks
by John Ciardi
The thing about a shark is—teeth,
One row above, one row beneath.
by John Ciardi
The thing about a shark is—teeth,
One row above, one row beneath.
Now take a close look. Do you find
It has another row behind?
It has another row behind?
Still closer—here, I’ll hold your hat:
Has it a third row behind that?
Has it a third row behind that?
Now look in and...Look out! Oh my,
I’ll never know now! Well, goodbye.
I’ll never know now! Well, goodbye.
I chose thhis poem because I wanted to do a blog with comic poetry because almost every poem we usually read and discuss in class are sad and I wanted to make the people reading the blog happy because otherwise they would never want to go on my blog to see the poems I added.
Title: The meaning of the title is quite simple, it is only that you know that it is about sharks and its teeth.
Paraphrase: Somebody is telling another people to look inside the mouth of a shark to see how many rows of teeth are in there.
Connotation: This poem rhymes and it gives a certain rythm to it.
Attitude: The tone of the author is humorous and funny.
Shift: There is no real shift except maybe at thie end when the author insinuate the death of the other person.
