In his poem‚ "Advice to My Son‚" Peter Meinke illustrates the significance of life. As a father‚ he tells his son the importance of living life to the fullest‚ and by not taking things for granted‚ his son‚ can be a better person and live a better life. I found myself being able to connect to this poem emotionally‚ as I have strong personal feelings about the significance of life. The author tells‚ "The trick is‚ to live your days as if each one was your last." This advice is important and as simple
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One of the great paradoxes in life is trying to impart wisdom that you’ve garnered in your own life to others while letting them retain their own identity. I have found in my own life‚ as many others have found in theirs‚ that it can be difficult to learn vicariously through another person‚ rather than having to learn from your own life experiences. Still though‚ there is probably not a single person who would say that if they had the knowledge and wisdom that they currently have at a young age‚
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past couple of weeks we have been studying readings that pertain to Innocence and Experience. The readings that I have chosen to best represent these concepts are "Advice to My Son" by Peter Meinke and "Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike‚ both readings deal with the Innocence and Experience of life. In the first poem "Advice to My Son" the author is trying to put emphasize how the words written can be applied to life. Also how choices have an impact on our life’s journey and ultimately how these
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Peter Meinke’s Advice to My Son: The Rules to Picking a Good Wife The poem Advice to My Son by Peter Meinke‚ is a perfect example of how old sayings do not always reflect life. In this poem Meinke is giving his son advice on choosing a wife; he advises his son to “Therefore‚ marry a pretty girl / after seeing her mother;” (line 17-18). There are several value assumptions that underlie the statement made by Meinke to his son. After reading and evaluating them all‚ I found none of the assumptions
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Real Love is Forever The first time you did something for the last time. In‚ “The Cranes”‚ by Peter Meinke‚ it indicates that the couple was at the marshes along the Gulf for their last moments‚ when spotting two whooping cranes. Throughout the story it showed us the similarities between the two couples and the love for each other. In “The Cranes”‚ the man pronounced “I’ve seen enough birds. But whooping cranes they’re rare. Not many left.” The author is trying to symbolize that both the whooping
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“Advice to my Son” In the poem “Advice to My Son"‚ the father is trying to give his son advice on choices he should make in life and how those choices have an impact on our life’s journey and shape our being. How different options can have penalties and will eventually contribute to the course of one’s life. In the first stanza he states‚ "live your days as if each one may be your last‚” essentially saying that you need to take in the moment and appreciate the present‚ because tomorrow is not
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in an era where traditional values of love and honor are being replaced with our own dreams so much that divorce is now a common word. Peter Meinke’s use of symbols in “The Cranes” gives the impression of being a simple love story of an old couple birdwatching while reminiscing on their life together‚ but in reality reveals the darker components of love. Meinke starts the story focusing on cranes; in particular the whooping crane. “I’ve see enough birds. But whooping cranes‚ they’re rare. Not many
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Peter Meinke is the author of the poem “Advice to My Son”. Meinke was born in Brooklyn‚ New York in 1932. He later moved to Mountain Lakes High School in New Jersey in 1944 where he graduated from. During his high school‚ his dream was to one day be an author‚ this was revealed through his high school yearbook‚ “’wants to be: writer; probably will be: cencored‚’”( He soon went to college at Hamilton College and graduated in 1955. After‚ he enlisted into the army. In 1957‚ Peter Meinke married an
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“The Poem” A Reader’s Response analysis of the poem “Anatomic Pantoum” by Peter Meinke The poem is more likely about Chemistry. Specifically‚ it speaks about a nuclear weapon‚ an atomic bomb. The stanzas talk about the process of how the atomic bomb destroys the things it possesses‚ but this is only if take it in literal meaning. We have to look further than science‚ enhancing one’s observation and relating to emotions. In the first and second stanzas of the poem‚ it speaks about the chain reaction
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I read “Ode to My Socks” by Pablo Neruda and “Advice to My Son” by J. Peter Meinke. In the first reading “Ode to My Socks”‚ there is a boy who receives a gift of a pair of hand knitted wool socks from a woman named Maru Mori. He is amazed by these socks and describes them as‚ “Two socks as soft as rabbits”. As he slips his feet into these magical socks‚ “I slipped my feet into them as though into two cases knitted with threads of twilight and goat skin” He feels as if his feet are not good
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