Question

summary of poem sick by shel silverstein summary ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

sᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ ᴏғ sɪᴄᴋ

'sɪᴄᴋ' ʙʏ sʜᴇʟ sɪʟᴠᴇʀsᴛᴇɪɴ ɪs ᴀ ʟɪɢʜᴛ-ʜᴇᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴇᴘɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ sʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴠɪɴᴄᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs sʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏ ᴛᴏ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ ʙᴇɢɪɴs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴘᴇᴀᴋᴇʀ sᴛᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴇ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴅʟᴇss ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴs sʜᴇ sᴜᴘᴘʟɪᴇs ʜᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs ᴛᴏ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴄɪsɪᴏɴ.

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Answer 2

"Sick" is about a little girl named Peggy Ann McKay who pretends to be sick because she does not want to go to school. When she learns that it is Saturday, she decides to go outside to play.

The humor of the poem is understood by children because the theme plays upon a very common childhood stunt. Virtually every child attempts to convince his parents that he is too sick to go to school at least once and even invents symptoms as Peggy Ann does by claiming her belly button is "caving in." The poem becomes funnier as Peggy Ann's symptoms steadily build and become more dire until the climax, when Peggy Ann learns that it is Saturday. She then is suddenly well enough to play outside...