Based on your understanding of the selected poem, perform extensive web research and write a report on your blog detailing the conflict represented in the poem(s) of your choice. Bear in mind that this piece of background information will allow your blog audience to further understand the poem as well as your analysis of the poem in Task 2.
Be sure to include your references and credit your sources.
Poem: 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 info:
This poem is written during the Vietnam War when the Americans were attacking Vietnam. Chemical warfare was widely used during the war, and Napalm, also known as "Agent Orange", was the favourite weapon of the Americans then. This poem creates an imagery of how the Vietnamese people were suffering when they came into contact with "Agent Orange".
Agent Orange is the code name for a herbicide, Napalm, used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to Agent Orange. Among the 4.8 million Vietnamese, 400,000 died or had disabilities, and 500,000 children were born with birth defects.
Agent Orage was just one of the many other berbicidal gases widely used from 1962 to 1971. The title "Rainbow Deaths" suggests that there are many other coloured gases in the chemical warfare programme. Some other gases included Agent Purple and Agent Green. These gases inflicted much harm and pain to the Vietnamese, which caused many health complications.
References:
www.google.com
www.lewispublishing.com/orange.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange
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