Advice To My Son By Peter Meinke

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Many people don’t realize how fast life is actually moving. Today could be someone’s last day. Planning life and living it to the fullest can be challenging at times, but when you stop and smell the roses, life can seem a little bit more enjoyable. In Peter Meinke’s poem “Advice to my Son,” he portrays how important it is for his son to find a balance between loving the fun aspects of life while still having the necessities. Alliteration is shown numerous times in this poem. “To be specific, between the peony and the rose plant squash and spinach, turnips and tomatoes.” (Lines 11-12) Squash and spinach as well as turnips and tomatoes are a few examples of alliteration. Meinke used the device to let the reader know how important it is to have …show more content…

The lines also could be compared to a young man or women being at war with surrounding bullets and guns going off. The father could be comparing these lines to one of his own experiences in a car crash, or an army battle. Mienke was showing how life could be gone in just an instant, and the destination could be already set for the person. The son has the decision whether he wants his life to be hell, because he works all the time, or to have a little slice of heaven by having some fun every now and …show more content…

Bringing work home may cause issues with the relationship between the significant other. The author is basically saying let work stay at work bringing it home will just cause trouble. The father of this poem is telling his son to be open to just one man. The person in this sense could be God. The father is stressing the relationship the son needs with God. God will be the son’s best friend, and a best friend is someone to tell the deepest, darkest secrets to. He can trust God not to tell anyone his secrets, and also be his self around. The father knows God won’t judge his son because God knows no one is

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