As said by Evan Esar, “The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.” American poet and novelist Christopher Morley would agree with this, based on his poem, “On Laziness,” published in 1920. In this piece, Morley argues that, against popular belief, the real way to live a happy life is to simply live a lazy and relaxed lifestyle. This way, people are kept out of issues and problems that normally would cross their paths in a more involved lifestyle. In American poet and novelist, Christopher Morley’s poem, “On Laziness”, he uses the rhetoric of pathos to make his audience think twice about how they personally live their lives, and uses it to tap into the reader’s emotions. Throughout his poem, Morley uses a strong