“Irony” by Jennifer T. The shards of glass littered the cold, black asphalt like sparkling stars strewn across the night sky. Th
eir brilliance catching the corner of my eye, making me slow down, just to look at them a little longer. In my awe of the sheer beauty of merely broken glass, I couldn’t help but think How someone else’s tragedy could be so beautiful to me. Source: T., Jennifer. “Irony.” Teen Ink. Teen Ink, n.d. Web. 6 July 2011. The poem is an example of __________. external conflictinternal conflictdramatic ironysituational irony
This is an example of dramatic irony. Only the readers of the poem are aware of how the character in the poem feels because she is thinking to herself. She is comparing how she sees the night sky as beautiful, but it is somebody else's tragedy.
