Question

Determine the main literary device used in this poem.

Answer 1

Read the following poem “Whatif” by Shel Silverstein and answer the question that follows.

Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I’m dumb in school?
Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there’s poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don’t grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won’t bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don’t grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
The nighttime Whatifs strike again!

Determine the main literary device used in this poem.
A.
repetition: “Whatif”
B.
symbolism: “Whatif”
C.
assonance: “bite,” “kite”
D.
consonance: “pranced,” “partied”

Answer 2

A? @Whitemonsterbunny17

Answer 3

Yeah. I didn't even have to read the whole thing to know it was A.