Question

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

"Be glad your nose is on your face"

Who wrote the above poem?

1. Jack Prelutsky
2. William Wordsworth
3. Norman Nicholson
4. Thomas Hardy

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Jack Prelutsky

The correct answer is 'Jack Prelutsky'.

• Jack Prelutsky (born September 8, 1940, in Brooklyn) is an American writer of children's poetry who has published over 50 poetry collections.
• He served as the first U.S. Children's Poet Laureate (now called the Young People's Poet Laureate) from 2006-08 when the Poetry Foundation established the award.
• He was 80 years old when he died.
• The poem "Be glad your nose is on your face" is a childish tale that provides an example of why being grateful for the current state of things can be a grand thing.
• The reason for the childishness of the tale is because Prelutsky has chosen children as his audience for the work, a detail that leads him to use a simple rhyme scheme and sensory details that a child would not only understand but find humor in. 
• Hence, the correct answer is option 1.