The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski
2. This is considered ironic because it is talking about pants that you wear and how you need to enjoy life. The two do not go together.
3. No, the poem does not reflect the reputation of the author because Bukowski was a drunk and the poem is about living your life to the fullest.
4. I found the answers to number one and three by using the internet. I went to google and typed Levis Go Forth to find out who the author was for number one. I found the answer to number two by doing the same thing but typing in Charles Bukowki Timeline so that way I could see what happened in his life to determine the type of man he was.
Here is a copy of the poem.
your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
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