Have You Earned Your Tomorrow Appreciation of the poem

 

Appreciation of the poem

Have You Earned Tomorrow

1. About the Poem Poet and Title: ‘Have You Earned Tomorrow' is a poem by Edgar Guest known as the people's poet for his simple style and optimistic tone of writing. He is an American writer of newspaper and magazines.

This is an inspirational poem.

2. Theme: The poet expects that everyone does something to bring hope and courage to those who do not have it. The reader gives respect to others and shows kindness everyone. God should consider their actions to have a bright future. A reader feels as if you have done something good, you will have a definite tomorrow.

3. Poetic style/Language/Poetic devices used in the poem: It is a four stanza poem having four Ines in each stanza. The rhyme scheme follows the pattern of aabb ccaa ddee ffaa. The speaker's questions are framed to unify the poem. It creates rhythm ending the most of the line 'ay. The figures of speech used in the poem are rhetorical questions, personification, inversion and alliteration.

4. Special features / Novelties / Focusing elements: Most of the parts of the poem consist of rhetorical questions which do not require answers. It consists of four quatrain having four lines in each stanza with rhyme scheme. The speaker’s questions are rephrased to make a positive effect on the readers.

5. Message / Morals in the poem: The speaker hopes that the reader helps and greets others to make a positive change in their life. The reader does something good to feel relaxed and optimistic about tomorrow.

6. Your opinion about the poem: I think it is an instructive poem with a lot of messages and it is very simple to understand it very well.