Jack Prelutsky is an American writer of children's poetry. Prelutsky writes the poem “The Bogeyman” as one of his poetry collection titled “Nightmares: Poems to Trouble your Sleep” written in 1976. The poem describes the horrifying features of the monster named da“Bogeyman” who lives in a dark, dangerous place waiting to attack anyone who comes near. The speaker of the poem warns the audience of the danger of ever encountering the creature. In the poem “ The Bogeyman,” Jack Prelutsky uses many literary devices to make the poem more interesting and evoke emotion, such as fear, from the readers. Some of the many literary elements the author use are repetition and rhymes to create patterns making the poem flow more smoothly, while also using
