Poetry #1

1. This is borrowed from Charles Bukowski "The Laughing Heart"

2. This is ironic because the ad is saying that our life is our life and we shouldn't give in to submission and yet they are trying to sell us a pair of jeans so they can profit. They are trying to intrigue us customers with the idea of freedom and yet they are trying to influence/control us into a decision.

3. The poem does reflect the reputation of the author. He is known for being an underground poet that rebels against the traditions of society. He liked to show the poorness of urban living and the faults of the American society. He is known for giving his opinion and the truth and not caring what anyone thinks. This gave him a bad reputation among the literary circle and he is not given much credit for his work. He references death a lot and the ridiculousness of life's habits. He was an outsider and mocked those who were above him. This is shown in his portrayal of independence and free thinking in "The Laughing Heart."

4. 

-First I searched "levis go for it add 2011 inspiration" on google.

-Clicked on http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2011/levis-go-forth-with-legacy/ which was the third result. (This was to get what the poem was and who it was by)

-Then searched "reputation of charles bukowski" on google

-Clicked first result http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/charles-bukowski

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Charles Bukowski was a prolific underground writer who used his his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society

Without trying to make himself look good, much less heroic, Bukowski writes with a nothing-to-lose truthfulness which sets him apart from most other ‘autobiographical’ novelists and poets,”

While some critics found his style offensive, others claimed that Bukowski satirized the machismo attitude through his routine use of sex, alcohol abuse, and violence

“the sense of a desolate, abandoned world,”

In addition to desolation, Bukowski’s free verse tackles the absurdities of life, especially in relation to death.

-Clicked second result http://www.enotes.com/topics/charles-bukowski/critical-essays/bukowski-charles

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He was a lifelong outsider who mocked the pretensions of the literary elite and developed his own freewheeling, raw, and belligerent style as a means of expressing his dissatisfaction with traditional, middle-class morals and values.

"Bukowski image" of the isolated individual at odds with society. Such "shock" poetry made Bukowski a seminal figure in underground literature.

Within the scholarly community, however, little attention has been given to his poetry and prose.

-revised into own thinking