1. How do you think the speaker feels about his nose?
2. What did the speaker's father tell him about his nose?
3. Why does the speaker make a mention of elephants and rhinoceroses?
4. How does the speaker overstate while describing his nose?
5. What
message
do
you think the poet possibly wants to convey through the poem?
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
1)The speaker is very proud of his nose, he thinks that his mother adores his nose and his nose always made ladies impress and some people say that his nose is bigger than elephants and rhinoceros, he also praised himself by saying that his nose gives him a regal look and whenever he sneezes the trees around him lose
2)the father tells him to keep his nose clean and care
3) see the photo for 3rd answer
4)The poet while describing his which was unusually big for him exaggerates by saying that the grandeur of his nose lay in its big size and he was very proud of it. As a child, his nose was like a crown which he claimed his mother adored and his father told him not to worry much about what others say about his nose as there bigger things to worry about.
He went on to say that when he sneezed the trees around him would lose their leaves and many women on seeing his big nose would swoon away. According to the poet, people who would see his nose would say that they have seen smaller noses compared to the poet’s nose in rhinos and elephants.
The poet felt his nose gave him a regal look and helped him turn pages of the book. The poet’s nose is so big according to him, that even after his death he wants the person building his casket make a hole on top of it so that his big nose could smell flowers as he believes that his nose could smell flowers even after his death.
5)through the poem.. the poet wants to convey the msg of social injustice n discrimination that the poor sections of our society face... the poet tries to create awareness about the pathetic lives of the slum children. he invokes the well-off people to help change their situation.
