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

We Bought a Lot of Candy Bars

I Bought a Maserati

My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye

My Dog Does My Homework

I Think My Dad Is Dracula

My Virtual Puppy

I Made a New Password

We Ate All the Cheetos

Olympic Granny

The Football Game Is on TV

Today I Got a Valentine

Zoom Gloom

All My Great Excuses

It’s Friday the 13th Tomorrow

I Woke up this Morning

Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk

Running Late

I Can’t Get Enough of this Pokémon Go

Cooking Class

Somebody Stole My Butt

My Christmas Travel Plan

My Teacher Took My iPod

Today I Wrote this Poem