Messy Room by Shel Silverstein

Whosever 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!

1. The figurative language that I think is used is the hyberbole.
The writer makes use of hyberbole to increase the suspense in the reader, by making them think whose room it belongs to. Of course, the hyberbole in the poem is none other than " Whosever room this is should be ashamed!" The writer repeats it only twice but the effect is surprisingly good. The suspense in the poem really makes the reader hungry to read finish the whole poem.

2. Why I like this poem?
I like this poem because it is quite funny. The writer describes the room as a horrid and terrible place, making it sound like the owner of that room should be prosecuted, only to find out that it is his! Haha, as ironic as it sounds, that is how the poem went. Also, I like the the descriptive nouns used in this poem to describe the clutter in the room. The way the author describes them is really vivid and fabulous!