Poetry #1

1. The commercial borrows the poem The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski
2. The irony behind the poem being used by a corporation is that the whole message of the poem is to be the person you want to be and to not be ashamed to do so but the company is saying, "Yeah but wear buy our clothes and wear them because we told you to." You can't be your own self when some exterior power is commanding you to be a certain way.
3. No, the poem does not reflect the reputation of the author because he was not a rebellious kid at all. His father was very strict and believed in discipline. Because of his restrictions he was locked in the confines of his fathers boundaries. However, after being relinquished from his fathers grasp, he led on a life of drinking and mischief. His work portrayed audacious topics with sinful messages. His work does not reflect his childhood, but rather, his adulthood.
4. To answer #1, I watched the actual video on YouTube by copying the URL from the post. From there, I scrolled down to the comments to see what i could find. One of the comments mentioned the name Charles Bukowski which sounded googleable to me. I googled his name and found lots of his work. To narrow it down, i searched "charles bukowski levi commercial" and found the poem on poemhunter.com. To answer #3 I simply googled "charles bukowski bio" and read his biography from poetryfoundation.org.