STD 7 ENGLISH
ACTIVITY - 8
From Advertising Poem: Isn't it funny? Why is it?
economics of attention
By 1923, U.S. newspapers and magazines were promoting
advertising with a text that is now called the Advertising Poem.
### POEM :- WHY IS IT?
A man wakes up after sleeping
under an advertised blanket,
on an advertised mattress,
pulls off advertised pajamas,
bathes in an advertised shower,
shaves with an advertised razor,
brushes his teeth with advertised toothpaste,
washes with advertised soap,
puts on advertised clothes,
drinks a cup of advertised coffee,
drives to work in an advertised car,
and then, refuses to advertise,
believing it doesn't pay.
Later when business is poor,
he advertises it for sale.
Why is it?
### Read this poem and answer the question.
Q. The poem “Why is it?” is an advertisement.
Q. 1.
Who paid for or created this adertisement?
Q 2. What is the goal of the advertiser?
Q 3. To whom is this advertisement trying to persuade?
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Why is it? A man wakes up after sleeping under an advertised blanket, ... pulls off advertised pajamas, bathes ... brushes his teeth with advertised toothpaste, ... puts on advertised clothes,
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