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Write an Essay in MLA Style. Write an essay about these poems of humor and satire.

1. Suburban by John Ciardi: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/suburban/

2. Walking the dog by Howard Nemerov: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/walking-the-dog/

3. Dim Lady by Harryette Mullen: https://sites.northwestern.edu/jac808/2014/01/29/harryette-mullens-dim-lady/

The essay should be about the poems content, compare, analysis. Discussing about method in writing these poems such as alliteration, connotation, metaphor, etc.


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Comparison of Humor Poems - Outline
Thesis Statement: This paper looks into each of the three poems and draws comparisons and
contrasts among them while focusing on the content, style, and literal devices that they apply to
achieve their objectives.
I. Introduction
II. Content
III. Structure
IV. Literal devices
V. Conclusion


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Comparison of Humor Poems
Poems have been used as devices of humor and satire in the past for various reasons and
the main approach usually is to use funny and humorous creations to achieve a certain aim.
While such poems may be funny on the surface, their content, style, and structure may point out
deeper themes and wit that unearth the real motivations of the authors. Three of such poems are
‘Suburban’ by John Ciardi, ‘Walking the Dog’ by Howard Nemerov, and ‘Dim Lady’ by
Harryette Mullen. These three poems carry humor and satire in their content, style, structure, and
symbolism to communicate different messages. This paper looks into each of the three poems
and draws comparisons and contrasts among them while focusing on the content, style, and
literal devices that they apply to achieve their objectives.
Content
The content of each of these poems is the subject, which the authors write about and how they
address the subjects. The poem by Ciardi addresses the issue of a dog in a suburban area. The
speaker who is Ciardi explains how his neighbor called after identifying dog excrete in her
flowers and assumed that it was Ciardi’s. He then goes ahead to explain how he went on with a
spade and got rid of the waste from his neighbor’s flowers and buried it in his. The content of
this poem is basically the process of getting rid of dog waste from one’s neighbor to maintain the
rules of the suburban neighborhood and ensure that the speaker takes responsibility for his dog.

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The second poem is Nemerov’s ‘Walking the Dog.’ In this poem, he writes about the
chemistry and simil...


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