The Laughing Heart

#1. The poem is called "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski
#2. This poem is ironic because the poem is about living life to the fullest but its a commercial about the clothing brand levis
#3. The poem doesn't really reflect the authors reputation but maybe his life as an adult. "There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness", reading this line was kind of like him stating "My past wasn't an easy one but i chose to go forth with my life". His reputation became a good one because he decided to go forth in life so in a way it does reflect his reputation in a deeper way.
#4. I got the information on the poet by typing in the commercial name in the Google search engine. When i typed it in it showed the name of the poet and the poem. I then typed in Charles Bukowskis name and skimmed through a few different articles about him so i had enough information to answer the questions.