Pick Your Poetry..

Being that Lewis Carroll is one of my favorite poets, I chose three of his poems for this assignment: The Walrus and the Carpenter, A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky, and How Doth the Little Crocodile.  They may be somewhat simple in terms of literary analysis, but they are fun and light in terms of topic and easy to read.  They seem to fit, very well, into what I enjoy reading and keep in the back of my mind as favorites; especially The Walrus and The Carpenter because I absolutely love the way that it rhymes and is childish, but can still grab the attention of adults all over.

The other poems that I picked: To My Wife- With a Copy of My Poem by Oscar Wilde, As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed by Jack Prelutsky, and Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein are mostly light, fun, and easy to read.  The whole series of Shel Silverstein's poetry books were ones that I was hooked on when I was younger and still think of when I am asked about my favorite poetry because they make me think about life, but not to the point where I am depressed about what I see.  As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed is one that my mom used to recite to me when I was being silly as a child, so it sticks with me because of that.