I'm not sure there is just one literary device at work
here. There are several poetic devices
used.
Because it is Shel Silverstein (a children's poet)
you should automatically look for the humor. Nearly all of Silverstein's poetry is
written with a tone of childish, lighthearted humor. This
poem is no different.
The poem, though short, is full of
"messy room" imagery. In fact, the room is described as
"mucky" and "damp," and there is a "lizard" in the bed. It is almost as if this room
has turned into a swamp of mess.
The humor could actually
be classified as irony at the end. The speaker is quite
descriptive about the state of the room, asking over and over whose room it is.
Ironically (but not unexpectedly), it turns out it is the
speaker's room. He has just given a rather embarrassing
explanation of his own filth, which was at such a repulsive level that he apparently
didn't even recognize his own room through it.
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