poetic device: Irony

Irony is when what you expect to happen doesn’t occur, but instead results in the opposite action or effect. For example, if someone were run over by an ambulance, or if you went to “Camp Sunshine” and it rained the whole week.

All of these poems have at least one example of irony each, usually at the end of the poem. See if you can figure out what is ironic in each of these poems.

April Fool’s Day

I Bought a Maserati

We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

My Dog Does My Homework

I Think My Dad Is Dracula

My Virtual Puppy

I Hypnotized the Teacher

I Dreamed it Was December

AstroCow

I Made a New Password

My Christmas Travel Plan

Today I Got a Valentine

Olympic Granny

We Ate All the Cheetos

I Went to a Wishing Well

Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk

It’s Friday the 13th Tomorrow

All My Great Excuses

I Woke up this Morning

The Football Game Is on TV

Zoom Gloom

Today I Wrote this Poem

I Can’t Get Enough of this Pokémon Go