The concept of living and learning is that an individual needs to live and make mistakes in order to learn and become wiser . Many people would admit that they learned more from the mistakes they made than from the advice they received. This concept is demonstrated in AE Housman's poem "When I Was Twenty-One." In this poem, the speaker receives advice from a wise man on the topic of love. The speaker does not know that the advice is true, until he experiences love for himself. He then realizes how stupid he was not to follow the advice given to him. A conceit, sentence structure, and repetition are used to convey the speaker's thoughts and justify how advice, even from a wise man, can be minimal compared to the lessons an individual can learn from their experiences personal. by the wise man allows the reader to metaphorically weigh their heart in relation to money and jewelry. “Give crowns and pounds and guineas/[but] but not your heart” (lines 3-4). In this line, the man tells the speaker to give up all his money before...