Jimmy Jet and His TV Set
By Shel Silverstein
I'll tell you the story of Jimmy Jet-
And you know what I tell you is true.
He loved to watch his TV set
Almost as much as you.
He watched all day, he watched all night
Till he grew pale and lean,
From "The Early Show" to "The Late Late Show"
And all the shows between.
He watched till his eyes were frozen wide,
And his bottom grew into his chair.
And his chin turned into a tuning dial,
And antennae grew out of his hair.
And his brains turned into TV tubes,
And his face to a TV screen.
And two knobs saying "Vert" and "Horiz".
Grew where his ears had been.
And he grew a plug that looked like a tail
So we Plugged in little Jim.
And now instead of him watching TV
We all sit and watch him.
Post your response to questions about the poem above. Answers are due by Friday, March 2, 2012.
1. What is the focus of the first stanza of this poem?
2. How is the focus of the second stanza different from the focus of the third stanza?
3. What rhyme pattern does this poem follow?
4. What rhythm does this poem have?
5. How many stanzas are in this poem?
6. How many lines?
7. How does the final stanza connect to the first stanza?
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ReplyDelete1.Telling who it is talking about.
ReplyDelete2.The second tells who its telling what show he is going to watch and the third is saying the side affects of watching t.v.
3.aa bb
4.medium
5.5
6.20
7.they both have four lines
1. It is introducing the charecter(Jimmy)
ReplyDelete2. The second is about what tv shows Jimmy watches the third talks about what happens when you wantch tv non-stop all day
3. AB AB pattern
4. medium rythm
5. 5 stanzas
6. 20 lines
7. They both have four lines and they both talk about Jimmy and how he watches tv.
1. telling who Jimmy Jet is.
ReplyDelete2. The 2nd stanza told how long Jimmy watched his tv.The 3rd stanza is telling how he started to turn into a tv set.
3.it is an ab pattern
4.It has a warm rhythm
5.5 stanzas in this poem
6.20 lines
7.the final and last stanza both have 4 lines each -Erin Brown
1.the first stanza is telling who Jimmy Jet is
ReplyDelete2.the second stanza is about how long he watched tv and the third stanza tells what happened while he was whatchin tv
3.the poem goes from the first line to the third line and the second line to the fourth line
4.medium
5.five stanzas are in this poem
6.20 lines are in this poem
7.they both have four lines in them and the first one is the coause of the effect which is the last one
1. It is introducing Jimmy-Jet
ReplyDelete2. The second stanza is about the shows that jimmy watched the third stanza is about what happened to jimmy and what he grew
3.I think it's A-B pattern
4. It has a warm rhythm in other words medium
5.It has 5 stanzas
6.It has 20 lines
7. They connect because they both talk about jimmy watching TV and have four lines...! (:
1. It is introducing Jimmy.
ReplyDelete2. The second stanza is telling how much he watches TV, but the third staza is about what happened to him because of it.
3. ABAB
4. medium
5. 5 stanzas
6. 20 lines
7. They are both talking about him watching TV.
1. It was introducing Jimmy Jet and how he loves to watch TV.
ReplyDelete2. The second stanza talks about the shows he watches everyday and the third stanza talks about what starts happening to Jimmy as he sits there.
3. This poem doesn't really rhyme.
4. It is medium paced.
5. 5 stanza's.
6. 20 lines
7. It ties in with Jimmy Jet and his TV.
1.Its introducing Jimmy and how he is passionate for his t.v
ReplyDelete2.The second is talking about the shows he watched and the third is talking about what happend to him after he watched t.v for a VERY long time
3.the last word of every other line
4.its a warm rhythm
5.there is 5 stanzas
6. There is 20 lines
7.they both talk about Jimmy and his addiction to his t.v set
1.its interducing jimmy and how he loves to wach tv.
ReplyDelete2.2nd is talking about the many deffrent shows he wached 3rd is talking aboutwhat happend to him when he was done waching tv
3.has a little rhyming but not a lot.
4.warm
5.has 5 stanzas
6.20
7.talk about jimmys addiction to tv.
1.it was tell how jimmy jet love to watch tv all day and all night and shows between.
ReplyDelete2.the second stanza talks about the shows he watches all day threw night.
3.ab bb.
4.medium rythm.
5.five stanzes in this peom.
6.there are twenty lines in this peom
7.they both have four lines in them and the first stanze is about him watching tv.and the tird stanzeis them watching him watch tv they will watch him because he grew into a tv.
1. Introducing the main character (Jimmy).
ReplyDelete2.the second stanza talks about what he watches.The third one was talking about what happened to him.
3.It follows an AA BB pattern.
4.It has a warm rythem pattern.
5.There is 5 stanzas.
6.There is 20 lines.
7.They both have four lines in them.
1The focus of the first stanza is introduceing ,Jimmy Jet.
ReplyDelete2The focus of the second stanza is different because in the second stanzait states when and how long Jimmy, wathched television while, in the thrid stanza it describes what happened to Jimmy, when he was watching tv.
3The rhyme pattern that this poem follows is an ab ab pattern.
4The rhythme of this poem is medium.
5There is 5 stanzas in this poem.
6There is 20 lines in this poem
7The first stanza connects to the last because they both contain four lines in them and it tells about Jimmy and his tv.
1. littlejimmy with his tv set
ReplyDelete2.the secound stanza is
talking about how he is watching his tv set the third stanza is a ryming poem
3.this is a ryming poem
4.pattern
5. it is 5
6.20
7. never stop watching tv the finel stanza is 4 line each
trinitybuckler
ReplyDelete1.that he loves tv more then anyone
2.second stanza telles you he stas up late and wach the erly shows in the mronig.
3. like a wram rythme to the poem
4.its a good poem but not a good poem
5.five stanza
6.20
7.it tells that he wachs tv all the time
1. jimmy loves to watch tv.
ReplyDelete2. he likes to watch meny tv shoes.
3. the poem barlwy even rhymed.
4. has a worm filling.
5. has six stanzas.
6. ther is twonty lines in this poem.
7. tals about how much he loved tv.
Jacob rister ri
1.The poem is telling us how much jimmy jet loves to watch T.V.
ReplyDelete2.The second stanza is talking about the shows he watched, and the third stanza is talking about what happened to him after watching T.V. allday and allnight.
3.I think it is A-B.
4.The poem has a medium rythmn.
5.There is 5 stanza`s in this poem.
6.There is 4 lines in each stanza, but there is 20 altogether.
7.They both talk about how much Jimmy loves to watch T.V.
Shayla Madden.
1. It is introducing Jimmy.
ReplyDelete2. The second stanza says how much he watches tv the third one says what happens to Jimmy.
3. It goes to the first line to the third and the second to the third.
4.WArm.
5. 5
6. 20
7. The first stanza Jimmy is watching tv in the last he is a tv.
1.Its introducing Jimmy jet in the play.
ReplyDelete2.He watched all night till he grew pale and lean.
3.Its not rmying in the play.
4.Really its a warm rhythm because I looked in the play.
5.There is five stanzas.
6.20 lines are in the play.
7.It'stalking about him.
jacob paul rister
ReplyDelete1.Tells how much jimmy loves to watch tv.
2.Jimmy watches TV all day and all night.
3. The poem barely rhymes.
4. It has a fast pase.
5. The poem I believe has five stanza's.
6. There are about three or four lines in each stanza.
7. All stanza's talk about how much Jimmy loves TV.
1.Jimmy jet and his love of tv.
ReplyDelete2.In the seconed one he wached tv all of the time and in third one he became the tv.
3.a b
4.medium beat
5.5 stanza
6. 20 lines
7.he knows as much as a tv
1.how jimmy likes tv.
ReplyDelete2. 2 talks about what he watches on tv 3 talks about how he watches tv.
3.abab.
4.medium rhythm .
5.5 stanzas.
6.20 lines.
7.both paragraphs watch something.
1. Stanza one talks about who Jimmy is and that he likes to watch T.V.
ReplyDelete2. Stanza two talks about how long Jimmy watches T.V. Stanza three talks about some of the consequences he faces because he watches T.V. all of the time.
3. In every stanza, the last word in every second and fourth line rhymes.
4. The rhythmm pattern is medium or warm.
5. This poem has five stanzas.
6. This poem has twenty lines.
7. The first stanza connects with the fifth stanza because they both talk about sitting around watching T.V.
1.it tells whaat the poem's about
ReplyDelete2. 2 tells what he is watching or what he watches, 3 tells what starts happening after he watches watching for a long time
3. an AA BB pattren
4. a mid speed rhythem
5.five stanzas
6. 20 lines in this poem.
7.it tells how he used to watch tv but now they watch him
6.
1. It tells who he is and that he likes tv
ReplyDelete2. Stanza two is aboult he likes to wach tv all day and night and the third stanza is aboult him waching tv till he gets hurt.
3. it has a slow.
4. it is a mediem rythem.
5. It has 5
6. 20
7.it has his name
1. He loved to watch his tv set.
ReplyDelete2. It talks about somthing else.
3. slow rethems.
4. slow
5. 5
6. 4
7. they both have 4 lines
1)It tells about who the poem is about.
ReplyDelete2)The focus of the second stanza is how long he watches and what he watches while the third tell what will happen if you watch to much tv like Jimmy.
3)The first and third line rym and the second and fourth line ryms.
4)warm or medium.
5)5 stanzas total
6)20 lines.
7)It tells how he used to watch tv but now that he watched so much tv people watched him.
-Hannah Fyffe
ReplyDelete1.He loves to watch his tv.
2.He watches the tv set all day all night intil he gets sick and pale.
3.The pattern follows a AB AB pattern.
4.slow
5.Five stanza's.
6.20 lines
7.They are watching something and there is 4 lines.
1. jimmy jet loved to watch his tv set as much as you.
ReplyDelete2. ones about how long he watched it the others about what grew out of him.
3. the rhyme in this is every other words rhyme in this poem.
4. the rhythm in this poem is warm [ medium].
5. there are 5 stanzas in this poem.
6. there are 20 lines in this poem.
7. they both have lines, they both are stanzas, and they both tolk about jim.