Task 1
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
Background
The poet is referring to the Vietnam War, a conflict that that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. The Viet Cong and The Vietnam People's Army committed large units into battle while U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and superior firepower to conduct attacks on the communist forces. One of the most famous of these weapons is code-named Agent Orange, a herbicide/defoliant that has caused 400,000 people to be killed or maimed and 500,000 children born with birth defects.
Point of View
"Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri!"
The speaker is writing in the view of a citizen who has seen or has been affected by these various types of bio-weapons employed in Vietnam.
"All the deceit continues to spread."
"Nefariously America led astray -"
The speaker is sympathetic to Americans being lied to by their leaders, and he wants to depict graphic images to show the true destruction of the war to "wake" them up.
"Toll on the innocent and unborn."
"Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead."
Situation and Setting
"Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri!"
The speaker is talking about the situation in America where the public is lied to about the true effects and consequences of using chemical warfare.
The "colours" are being depicted as something celebratory, but it actually refers to the different code names of the chemical-weaponry employed.
"Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn."
The American public is spared the horror and suffering experienced in the jungles of Vietnam.
Language and Diction
Conclusion
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