Poem analysis: Rainbow Death
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
Generations untold WILL pay -
Execrable effects of agent orange spray!
Hubert Wilson
In this poem, it speaks of a modern day ingredient of warfare that has caused appalling death and suffering – not only to its intended victims which are the Vietnamese people, but also to the service personnel that used or even just came into contact with “Agent Orange” by absolute accidence. It shows that war is just too horrible a thing to be proud of and it should never even happen as countless innocent life’s that have nothing to do with the war were taken away each time a war wages. Children are born with defects due to the use of Agent Orange which is a chemical used in modern warfare.
Agent Orange is the code name for an herbicide and defoliant—contaminated with TCDD which was used by the
According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400,000 deaths and disabilities, and 500,000 children born with birth defects. These were innocent citizens that had nothing to do with the war. However, the cruelty of war leads to their misery.
Although this poem looks short, it succeeded in conveying the main important message, that the war is horrible and full of un-glory
