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.
