Shel Silverstein

Stupid Pencil Maker

Stupid Pencil Maker - meaning Summary

Frustration at Small Errors

The speaker reacts with comic outrage to a pencil made the wrong way round: the eraser is where the point should be and the point is at the top. The poem captures childish frustration and bewilderment at a small, absurd mistake, turning an everyday object into a source of humor and annoyance. Its short, direct voice makes the speaker’s exasperation immediate and lightly satirical.

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Some dummy built this pencil wrong, The eraser's down here where the point belongs, And the point's at the top - so it's no good to me, It's amazing how stupid some people can be.

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