Bad Advice
Tim Upperton plays with poetic form, especially the pleasures of a tight rhyme scheme, to give readers some unusual “advice”.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 3 May 2020
Reading year level: 5
Topics: advice, humour, language, parody, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, Tim Upperton
Bad Advice
Words by Tim Upperton
His poem is a homage to the nonsense text of Doctor Seuss, with a black-humour twist. This play has a year 5 reading level.