Okay, so I'm teaching the kids about hyperbole, and used as an example Auden's 'As I Walked Out One Evening.'
We looked at the line 'I'll love you until the ocean is folded and hung out to dry' etc, and then asked them to write their own examples of hyperbole to describe everlasting love.
Here is a brilliant example from a girl in my class:
"I'll love you until my dad pays child support,
Or until I get more credit for my phone."
Utterly brilliant.
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