What is it about Dr Seuss’s poetry that makes it so distinctive and recognizable? I mean, when you read…
“Sighed Mayzie, a lazy bird hatching an egg,
I’m tired and I’m bored
And I’ve kinks in my leg
From sitting, just sitting here day after day
It’s work. How I hate it.
I’d much rather play.”
It just has to be Dr Seuss. Is it the meter? If so, does no one else write in the same meter? Is it something else?
Thanks.
Dr. Suess is so well-known and widely published, maybe he’s choked all the other poets out. I think the reason we “know” it’s Dr. Suess is because we’ve all pretty much read his stuff and recognize it because it’s so widely published.
But actually, when I read your quote it sounded more like Shel Silverstein to me.
In other words, what makes Suess’ work so recognizable is something the French call “a certain… I don’t what”.
The made-up words that are deliberately created for the rhyme are often a big clue.
Everybody needs a thnead.
I respectfully dissagree. I know that for the recent Olymipics they kept showing a commerical that has a Seuss style poem as the naration. This obviously wasn’t writen by him, and yet everyone assoicated it with Seuss.
I think that it comes from his use of rhyme, meter and the onimonipea (sp?). Also I think that alot of it comes from the way it is read. people tend to read Seuss with the same intonations they heard used for The Grinch
But I do agree with you that the given peom reminds me of Silverstein.