Poets hilaire belloc and heinrich hoffmann use exaggeration and humor to convince readers to follow their advice. do you think their pieces are more or less effective than an essay like joseph addison’s or a letter like robert e. lee’s? why?

I haven't read the essay or letter, but in my experience, if you use exaggeration and humor to convince someone to follow their advice they may not take it because it could sound sarcastic. Now, if someone tried to convince someone with something serious and sophisticated they would take it more seriously. I hope this helped you. (:

Ibelieve this is the part where ulysses reveals his true identity to his faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius: his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed: these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.