Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face by Jack Prelutsky

The title might be weird but there is something about this poem that I just have to paraphrased. After all, I am getting bored of paraphrasing poems on suicidal attempt, love, etc.

I present the poem

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!

PARAPHRASED!

Stanza 1

Just like the title , the poet starts of saying how lucky we are that our nose is on our face instead of somewhere else

Stanza 2

In the second stanza, the poet wants the reader to imagined what it would be like if our nose was placed between our toes. Then saying that it would a disaster because we have to smell our own foot

Stanza 3

Then, the poet said that it would also be dreadful if our nose is placed on top of our head as it would be tickel by our own hair

Stanza 4

Now, the poet wants his reader to realised that if our nose are inside our ear, whenever we sneezes it would certainly cause a lot of vibrations that could damaged our own brain

Stanza 5

In this final stanza the poet wants the reader to realised and be glad that our nose are on our face instead of other place.

FINAL SAY

After a few research i've found out that the poet is actually someone who wrote for little children which explains a lot on the humor that he brings in this poem

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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

For this posting, I will paraphrase a poem by Shel Silverstein named "Where the sidewalk ends"

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.


(source, FamousPoetsAndPoems)


PARAPHRASED!


Stanza 1
The author of the poem starts of with the description of "a place" where the sidewalk end. At this so called place, it is surrounded by nature and looks stunningly beautiful. It is to the point that the author describes the wind to be in the state/taste of peppermint.


Stanza 2
Then, the author focus his attention to the place surrounding the sidewalk. It is the complete opposite of before. Here, the place is filled with black smoke and the term "asphalt flower" symbolize how badly polluted it is. However in the last 3 lines the author said of a white arrow that points to a place where this "torture" would end.


Stanza 3
The author is encouraging the readers to follow the arrow no matter how slow or hard because in the end that's where the children wanted.


FINAL SAY
This poem in all shows how much suffering that we are going to cause to the future generations and one day there would no longer be a place where the children can play freely in unpolluted areas.

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Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes

For the next post on enriching our lives with knowledge on poem I've decided to up the tempo by paraphrasing a long poem made famous by a lad name Langston Hughes. I came across this poem and I seriously have to put my thoughts into it!

As usual, here is the poem...

Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes

 

I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.

I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.

But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!

I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.

But it was High up there! It was high!

So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born

Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine! 

PARAPHRASED!

Because the poem has lots of stanza but short lines I've decided to paraphrase two or three at a time (for your reading pleasure)

Stanza 1, 2 & 3

This poem has a rather creepy feeling about it & I could tell just by my first impression that it is about a suicide attempt. The first three stanza talks on how the poet went to a river bank and tried to kill himself by drowning. The poet did not think about the consequences of his action in this attempt. However he failed miserably because the water was to cold for him to ignore and drown himself in. The third stanza shows how much the poet emphasize on the coldness of the river.

Stanza 4, 5 & 6

These stanzas continue the tale of another suicidal attempt made by the poet. This time he decided to jump off a building. However, this time he actually thought of his action and remembered his baby (could be referring to an actual baby or his lover?). But the lines suggest that the baby is the reason why he wanted to jump. But after several screams he decided to pull back as he was afraid of the height.

Stanza 7, 6 & 8

In these last stanzas the author talks on how much he is still alive today. The first two lines could mean that the reason for the poet's suicidal attempt was because of a heartbreak. The sixth stanza shows how much the author has went through with this "me" but he would never do anything that could worsen the scenario. And in the last and final stanza the author emphasize it as a whole by using an exclamation mark as if he was trying to convince himself that everything is fine rather than convincing others around him.

FINAL SAY

I'm applauding the poet for making such a bold move by turning his suicide attempts into an amazing poem!

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I'm NOBODY, Who are you? by Emily Dickinson

Here's a picture of the one and only Emily Dickinson of which I'm going to paraphrase one of her poems (hopefully without me misinterpreting any of the content). As usual I present to you the poem

I'm Nobody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you -- Nobody -- Too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise -- you know!

How dreary -- to be -- Somebody!
How public -- like a Frog --
To tell one's name -- the livelong June --
To an admiring Bog!

(source, FamousPoetsAndPoems)

PARAPHRASED!

Stanza 1

The poet starts of the poem by willingfully admits of being an outsider or a stranger and ask the reader (or someone) who they are. Then, she answers her own question by a statement of "are you a nobody too?" and the third stanza could indicate that she is relieved that there is someone like her. But in the final stanza the poet said not to reveal who they are because she is afraid of being labelled or in her own word "advertise"

Stanza 2

In the second and final stanza, the poet said of how much she hates to be someone that is famous and comred those who does to frogs (perhaps because frogs make a lot of noise). The 3rd and fourth line shows how much these "frogs" only caught the attention of those around them which are said to be the "bog"

FINAL SAY

Emily Dickinson proves herself to be a fantastic poet with her long list of great poems including this one. The way she uses an amphibian as a symbol to famous people is a way of showing how bold she can be.

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