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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 11:37 PM
Rainbow Death - Task 2
Rainbow Death
America did not foresee Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri! Expecting others to pay a high price. Now thinking twice? Toll on the innocent and unborn.
Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn. Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead. All the deceit continues to spread. Nefariously America led astray - Generations untold WILL pay - Execrable effects of agent orange spray!
Hubert Wilson
Point of view:
The speaker is war veteran who fought in the Vietnam War. He was also a victim of the toxic agents and poor conditions during wartime. He felt the effects of the toxins many years after the war and eventually he was immobilized and decided to write. Therefore, his perspective may be a bit extreme and negative because he had gone through the turmoil of war and it changed his psychological aspect of life differently.
He expresses his rage over the decisions of America. However, this account would be mostly accurate because he has prior experience. This is evident from the poem " Nefariously America led astray - Generations untold WILL pay - Execrable effects of agent orange spray!" We can see from this that war will make a country become a "devil" as everyone is determined to destroy their enemies. Therefore, his perspective is negative in that in the instance of war, the country loses its conscience.
Hubert Wilson's poem has also stated facts about the effects of war. This is evident from "Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead." Victims of Agent Orange or other chemical agents do suffer terribly. For example, Hubert Wilson himself had suffered from Parkinsonian type tremors and mobility issues.
Situation and Setting:
Tension is created through the punctuation marks used. With the of use exclamation marks and question marks, Hubert Wilson not only emphasizes his frustration about the innocent suffering from war, he questions the innocence in man. He emphasizes the consequences of war by using capital letters for certain words like 'WILL'. This is to reinforce his take on the consequences of war. As stated, "Rainbow Death". The rainbow refers to the different colors the chemical agents produce. Although these chemical agents produce vivid colors, they produce appalling results. He wants his readers to know of the horror of war not only in the present, but the consequences in the future.
Language and Diction:
Huber Wilson's tone of sarcasm is very obvious in this poem. "Potpourri" means a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance. It is to allow people to enjoy the fragrance of flowers but the death fragrance in this poem refers to the chemical agents which kill people, hence expressing the irony of the situation. Moreover, the question he poses, "and now thinking twice", just demonstrates his outright annoyance of the Americans. He mocks them for not thinking about the dire consequences later. And now, "innocent and the unborn" have to pay the price of countries going to war when it could have been resolved peacefully.
However, the "deceit coninues to spread" . The speaker is telling his readers that the government misleads the people when countries go to war to conceal the government's true purpose of going to war which is mostly negative. America, the most influential country in the world for many years, has deceived their people, harmed millions of innocent lives, all for their desire of destruction of the enemy. Ultimately, they have turned on the own principles of freedom. Are they still credible?
The poem is definitely ironic as Hubert uses positive words like potpourri in such a negative and harsh situation of the Vietnam war.
Personal Reponse:
Most of the time, wars can be prevented if countries are willing to resolve conflicts peacefully. However, many countries end up in wars. The people who decided to go to war do not feel the impact and consequences of war. Instead, it is the innocent people like civilians who are not even involved in the conflict that have to face the effects of war. These innocent and helpless people have become the slaves of the devils who do not appreciate peace and stability. Hubert Wilson wrote this poem to remind everyone in the world that peace is vital. He calls out to the governments of countries, "this is what you want, but is this what the people wants?" Are we willing to commit such atrocities, to betray our conscience, to wipe out our enemy?
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 11:37 PM
Rainbow Death - Task 2
Rainbow Death
America did not foresee Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri! Expecting others to pay a high price. Now thinking twice? Toll on the innocent and unborn.
Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn. Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead. All the deceit continues to spread. Nefariously America led astray - Generations untold WILL pay - Execrable effects of agent orange spray!
Hubert Wilson
Point of view:
The speaker is war veteran who fought in the Vietnam War. He was also a victim of the toxic agents and poor conditions during wartime. He felt the effects of the toxins many years after the war and eventually he was immobilized and decided to write. Therefore, his perspective may be a bit extreme and negative because he had gone through the turmoil of war and it changed his psychological aspect of life differently.
He expresses his rage over the decisions of America. However, this account would be mostly accurate because he has prior experience. This is evident from the poem " Nefariously America led astray - Generations untold WILL pay - Execrable effects of agent orange spray!" We can see from this that war will make a country become a "devil" as everyone is determined to destroy their enemies. Therefore, his perspective is negative in that in the instance of war, the country loses its conscience.
Hubert Wilson's poem has also stated facts about the effects of war. This is evident from "Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead." Victims of Agent Orange or other chemical agents do suffer terribly. For example, Hubert Wilson himself had suffered from Parkinsonian type tremors and mobility issues.
Situation and Setting:
Tension is created through the punctuation marks used. With the of use exclamation marks and question marks, Hubert Wilson not only emphasizes his frustration about the innocent suffering from war, he questions the innocence in man. He emphasizes the consequences of war by using capital letters for certain words like 'WILL'. This is to reinforce his take on the consequences of war. As stated, "Rainbow Death". The rainbow refers to the different colors the chemical agents produce. Although these chemical agents produce vivid colors, they produce appalling results. He wants his readers to know of the horror of war not only in the present, but the consequences in the future.
Language and Diction:
Huber Wilson's tone of sarcasm is very obvious in this poem. "Potpourri" means a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance. It is to allow people to enjoy the fragrance of flowers but the death fragrance in this poem refers to the chemical agents which kill people, hence expressing the irony of the situation. Moreover, the question he poses, "and now thinking twice", just demonstrates his outright annoyance of the Americans. He mocks them for not thinking about the dire consequences later. And now, "innocent and the unborn" have to pay the price of countries going to war when it could have been resolved peacefully.
However, the "deceit coninues to spread" . The speaker is telling his readers that the government misleads the people when countries go to war to conceal the government's true purpose of going to war which is mostly negative. America, the most influential country in the world for many years, has deceived their people, harmed millions of innocent lives, all for their desire of destruction of the enemy. Ultimately, they have turned on the own principles of freedom. Are they still credible?
The poem is definitely ironic as Hubert uses positive words like potpourri in such a negative and harsh situation of the Vietnam war.
Personal Reponse:
Most of the time, wars can be prevented if countries are willing to resolve conflicts peacefully. However, many countries end up in wars. The people who decided to go to war do not feel the impact and consequences of war. Instead, it is the innocent people like civilians who are not even involved in the conflict that have to face the effects of war. These innocent and helpless people have become the slaves of the devils who do not appreciate peace and stability. Hubert Wilson wrote this poem to remind everyone in the world that peace is vital. He calls out to the governments of countries, "this is what you want, but is this what the people wants?" Are we willing to commit such atrocities, to betray our conscience, to wipe out our enemy?
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