Situational irony is probably the most common kind of irony that a reader will find in literature. The authors use situational irony to surprise, intrigue and engage the public. When the reader expects something to happen, but something else occurs, the reader can then reflect on the decisions, motivations, and relationships of the characters and events that happened in the story. Most people are familiar with a "plot touch" in a story; This is usually when the author employs situational irony. In the case of this poem, the term that most closely resembles the concept of situational irony is "Half sunk".
The piece of evidence that supports the situational irony of the poem is Half sunk. <u>The correct answer is the last one.</u>
Explanation:
Let's remember that irony is a literary device that uses a term or a phrase, like in this case, that normally would mean the exact opposite and is usually used to create humorous or emphatic effect. In this poem, the phrase Half sunk shows what kind of text we are dealing with.
