Poetry #1

1. The commercial borrows the poem "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski without giving credit.
2. In displaying this poem a heavy sense of irony forms when the poem says you should be yourself and make your own decisions, but persistently persuades you to buy something. It seems that your choice is heavily persuaded and influenced by a commercial telling you what to buy.
3. The author's reputation is reflected by showing normal Americans that he chooses  to represent. He is frequently known to be a representative of Americans in poverty, and the poem can be interpreted to relate to blind problems of those people.
4. To find this information I utilized the Google search engine and started by typing in key words of the poem. After doing this, I chose two reliable web pages and checked them with each other to guarantee the author name and poem title was correct. I then searched "Charles Bukowski's reputation,"and found one web site called poetry foundation that helped me answer questions 2 and 3.