Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face by Jack Prelutsky

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! 

I decided to write about this poem, because it is pretty goofy and kind of clever. It's obvious why I think that this poem is goofy, and that is because of it's topic. This poem is really talking about how bad it would be if your nose was anywhere else. Before reading this poem I have never even considered how much worse life would be if my nose was somewhere else. This poem may actually have a deeper meaning, I think that it is trying to use the placement of your nose as a metaphor for how everything in your life is a certain way for a reason, because it just wouldn't be right if it was any other way. Jack Prelutsky seems very clever for his very effective use of aa bb rhyme scheme. The way he uses this rhyme scheme keeps the reader entertained with the actual reading of the poem. I do like this poem, mostly because despite it's comical style and topic I was able to find a deeper meaning.