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Edgar Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific American poet – publishing a poem every day in the Detroit Free Press for 30 years. Known as the People’s Poet, Edgar Guest wrote easy-to-read poems about many relatable topics. He wrote encouraging life messages about topics such as family and work.
The poem employs a simple and conversational tone, using relatable language to express the speaker's love and acceptance of their children despite their imperfections. It reflects the prevailing sentimentality and emphasis on family values during the early 20th century.
The poem emphasizes the enduring legacy of kindness and integrity, even in the face of poverty. Compared to Guest's other works, this poem shares his themes of the value of humility and human connection.
Guest was known for his sentimental and accessible poetry that often celebrated family, everyday life, and positive values. 'Thanksgiving' embodies these characteristics by focusing on family gatherings, gratitude, and the joy of shared moments.
Famous Family Poem. There's nothing quite as valuable as family for those lucky enough to have one. That is the theme of this poem, The Stick-Together Families, published in 1917 in the book Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest from Detroit, Michigan.
He wrote about everyday life, family, and traditional values, themes that resonated with a wide audience, particularly during the first half of the 20th century. Guest's poems often employed simple language and conventional rhyme schemes, making them easy to understand and memorize.
For 30 years Guest published a new poem every single day in the Detroit Free Press. More than 11,000 poems! His poems were extremely popular at the time. He was known as The People's Poet of his age for his easy to read poems about family, work, children and God which upheld the values of the typical American in the first half of the 20th century.
