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.

I Woke up this Morning

Cooking Class

April Fool’s Day

My Virtual Puppy

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

I Bought a Maserati

My Dog Does My Homework

I Think My Dad Is Dracula

I Made a New Password

Zoom Gloom

Olympic Granny

We Ate All the Cheetos

Today I Got a Valentine

My Teacher Took My iPod

I Finished My Homework

It’s Friday the 13th Tomorrow

Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk

All My Great Excuses

I Can’t Get Enough of this Pokémon Go

Running Late

My Dog Ate My Homework

Today I Wrote this Poem

My iPhone Did My Homework

Perfect