Analysis 3

Poem Analysis

Sick by Shel Silverstein

1.  In this poem the narrator is a child. This child feels sympathetic towards themselves. They try to make the interpreter feel sorry for them as well.

2. In this poem the character is fighting to be sick so she doesn’t have to go to school

3. I think before the poem began the character was probably sleeping and hadn’t woken up for the day yet.

4. The humor in this story is at the end when the girl finds out it is Saturday and makes a miraculous recovery.

5. The opposite here would be the young child being so very sick. Most children would never become that ill and although she is faking it could still be an opposite.

6. What makes this different from the past is that it is a Saturday. You can convey this by being very surprised when finding out that it is not a school day.

7. It is simply a humorous and amusing scene

8. The girl is trying to convince everyone how very sick she is so you can show the audience how she is feeling by acting sick, almost in an over exaggerated way like the character seems to be doing. When she says things like her back hurts, make it evident that your back is sore and make sure to point out your chicken pox, and basically just be overly needy.

9. Basically like I said above act out the actions of feeling sick. Don’t be standing super straight or acting like the healthiest person alive until the end of the poem.

10. I imagine the place to be the girls bedroom. Because she would be in bed or just getting out of bed, don’t be moving around the stage a lot.

11. This character is very whiney. I imagine her acting sick in a very over exaggerated way. She may always have her hand to her forehead or on her back to show that she is sick. I also imagine her with a very childish voice.

12. How old is the child supposed to be?