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After reading from these two authors and two poems/books(Light in the Attic and McELLIGOT'S POOL) I have noticed Dr.Seuss' poetic devices that he uses to make sure young children hear and remember those key phonic sounds, but the poems that have changed the most for me are Shel Silverstein's. I can now see the deeper meaning in his poems rather than just seeing his humorous side. One thing these two authors have in common is that both of them have a goal of teaching the reader rather than just expressing themselves.

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This poem is trying to teach people that humans can not do everything by themselves and that they'll always need God to help them. Shel Silverstein represents God's responsibilities as a job that a human is just not able to do.

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God says to me with a kind of smile,
"Hey how would you like to be God awhile
And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?"
"Gimme back that wheel," says God.
"I don't think you're quite ready Yet."

-Shel Silverstein

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Children can now more easily understand the lesson because it is now geared towards their younger minds.

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Shel Silverstein takes an idea, action, or thing and makes it humorous or unrealistic while still adding in some lesson.

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To convey some sort of lesson.

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...that there IS something bigger!
Some sort of a kind of of
A THING-A-MA-JIGGER!!

-Dr.Seuss

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Dr.Seuss used silly and even made up words to make sure kids would understand and remember the sounds they were supposed to make.

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The constant repetition assonance and consonance.

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To teach kids about alliteration and phonic sounds.