whatifs

BY: SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow talle?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
the nighttime Whatifs strike again!


Here it is talking about what if i can't do this what if I do that. But it only happens at night time. Also he doesn't just think about whatif he sings about whatif.

In the beginning he seems worried about all these what ifs. Also at the end he seems worried if the whatifs come again.

The shift is when he says every thing seems well and then he thinks about. If the what ifs strike again. Then he gets worried. 

My opinion in this poem is that its funny and has a really good humor. It is also a bit sad because some of the what ifs are things people have to go through. 

I wouldn't recommend this to all my friends because they might be going though these what ifs, it also might hurt their feelings.