READER RESPONSE CRITICISM

Be Glad your Nose is on Your Face 

By Jack Prelutsky 

Genre: Poem

Be glad your nose is on your face,

not pasted on some other place,

for if it were where it is not,

you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose

were sandwiched in between your toes,

that clearly would not be a treat,

for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread

were it attached atop your head,

it soon would drive you to despair,

forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be

an absolute catastrophe,

for when you were obliged to sneeze,

your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,

remains between your eyes and chin,

not pasted on some other place--

be glad your nose is on your face!

Analysis:

       Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face, by Jack Prelutsky, is a humorous poem.The poet uses illustrations that make the poem memorable, especially for children. This poem is one that children can easily grasp. Its words are easy and the pictures funny. The images of the nose between the toes and having to smell the feet all the time help the reader or hearer, remember them for a long time. 

                     The poem is literally about your nose being on your face and how you should be glad its not some other place. The author uses personification: Your brain will rattle from the breeze; Imagery: sandwiched between your toes; and Metaphor: he uses metaphor throughout the whole poem saying that your nose is in different places. Jack utilizes the following sound devices: alliteration: through, thick, and thin; Rhyme: face, place; and assance: were, where. The theme that the poet used for this is to be contented and be thankful of what we have and do not try to change it because it might do no good.