“Picture Puzzle Piece” by Shel Silverstein has an optimistic, thoughtful, and almost whimsical tone throughout this poem. His tone helps establish the theme of this poem, which is to state that something so insignificant, like an old wet puzzle piece has endless possibilities to become beautiful or amazing. In the last two lines of the poem Silverstein writes, “Nothing has more possibilities than one old wet picture puzzle piece.” Silverstein writes for an audience of young children so by making his message clear it is easier for them to understand. “ Picture Puzzle Piece” uses a lot of allusion coming from multiple childhood stories. Some examples of the childhood stories that are clearly depicted in this poem are Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow
