Messy Room
Messy Room - context Summary
From Where the Sidewalk Ends
Published in 1974 in Shel Silverstein's collection Where the Sidewalk Ends, "Messy Room" is a playful children's poem that catalogs chaotic clutter in a humorous, admonishing voice. The speaker lists absurd details of disarray and blames unnamed boys, only to realize with a comic turn that the description matches their own room. The poem mixes whimsy and mild moralizing to make cleanliness a funny, relatable subject for young readers.
Read Complete AnalysesWhosever room this is should be ashamed! His underwear is hanging on the lamp. His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair, And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp. His workbook is wedged in the window, His sweater's been thrown on the floor. His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV, And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door. His books are all jammed in the closet, His vest has been left in the hall. A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed, And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall. Whosever room this is should be ashamed! Donald or Robert or Willie or-- Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear, I knew it looked familiar!
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