War and Power
All three of these poems tell of the appalling aspects of war, hatred and power which still exists in today's world.
In Carolyn Forche's, "The Colonel", she describes, in my opinion a visit to the colonel house where she wants to discuss probably human rights issues or she was just there to interview him. I felt she didn't want to offend or upset him in any way because he seems like a very cruel person and could possibly harm her, because, although she was a guest at his house and is not a treat to him he had a pistol on the cushion beside him. She was with a friend who seemed to know the colonel much better than her. For instance, Carolyn Forche's friend signals her with his eyes to say nothing because he knew the colonel was upset and anything she said would further anger him and the consequence could be great. The colonel's family seems like any normal family to me, the daughter sitting on a chair filing her nail, the son went out for the night and the mother......
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