The poem "My Robot's Misbehaving" by Ken Nesbitt begins by mentioning all the tasks the narrator's robot won't perform. For example, the robot won't "Dust the furniture or put my toys away." The robot won't carry out a whole laundry list of chores, including helping the narrator with homework, making the bed, doing the laundry, cooking dinner, etc. The first three stanzas of the poem, each four lines long, mention all the tasks the robot won't carry out.
In the final stanza, the narrator determines that the robot must be broken and vows to get another. Until then, the narrator says, "I'm glad I have my mother." The last line is humorous, and it suggests that the narrator's mother perhaps functions a bit like a robot, as she does all the chores the robot won't do, including helping with homework, cooking dinner, etc. This poem is a funny reminder to the reader that he or she should appreciate his or her mother, who performs a great deal of thankless tasks.
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