Wednesday, August 14, 2013

POETRY #1

1. This commercial uses "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski.

2. It is ironic because corporations tend to to tell you your opinion and how to act on that opinion by their advertising, however in this commercial, the tone is free and youthful, and telling you that somehow buying Levi jeans will make you feel free.

3. This poem does not reflect Charles Bukowski's reputation because he was known for his ability to depict the depravity, poverty, and desperation of Los Angeles. This being said, "The Laughing Heart" is a cry of youthful optimism which is a stark contrast of this underlying theme of drudgery in most of his writing.

4. For number one I merely Googled the title of the poem and was immediately met with dozens of links to the poem from different media outlets, I chose the first one and went with that one. For number three I utilized the same technique but this time instead of just clicking on one link I double checked my research for accuracy.

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