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¶ … Advice in "Advice to a Son" and "It Was a Dream"
Both Ernest Hemingway's "Advice to a Son" and Lucille Clifton's "It Was a Dream" aim to inspire, yet key differences in style influence the impact of the authors' message and intent. Both poems seek to provide advice and approach the matter in different ways.
Hemingway's "Advice to a Son" provides a list of dos and don'ts that have helped him achieve his goals in life. "Advice to a Son" draws from Hemingway's experiences in multiple wars and conflicts, his multiple marriages, and his writing career. He also refers to historical events and the impact that they had on the world. Hemingway tells his son to not "enlist in armies/Nor marry many wives" and to "Never trust a publisher" because they will rob one of their money due and "you'll sleep on straw." Hemingway also provides a sense of reassurance at the end of the poem after stating that "All your friends will leave...
Clifton's poem is based upon a dream in which she asks her "greater self" for advice on what she could have and should have done with her life. The poem offers no concrete advice, but rather says that she should have done "This. This. This."
Though both poems have the intent to provide advice to someone so that they may lead a more accomplished and fulfilled life and are self-reflective, differences between the poems allow for a more critical analysis of the messages conveyed. The poets' perspective in the poems is a key distinction in the style utilized by Hemingway and Clifton. Hemingway provides a first person perspective and dictates his message to…
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