This poem is written by an american soldier fighting in that times as they are disgusted by the use of "Agent Orange". Agent Orange highly dangerous chemical, used against the Vietnamese soldiers, causing them to have a painful death. The persona probably hate the use of Agent Orange in war. An evidence would be " Reflective about all illness, birth effects and prematurely dead". These are very strong words which in turn show the strong negative feelings towards the war. Besides, the persona felt that the Americans are very evil through this evidence - "Nefariously, american led astray" which meant that the americans are extremely wicked.

This is a poem written in war time when the United States fight against the Vietnamese.

The persona have very negative feelings towards the war.

The persona probably felt that the United States army are morally despicable and selfish as they expected the Vietnamese to pay the "high price" which is death.

Toll is a pun which meant that it had 2 or more meanings. The meaning of toll is to charge a fee for service etc. However in the poem the toll is used to describe the damage caused the Agent Orange used in the war.

It is a kind of irony as rainbow always refers to something very optimistic or good. However the rainbow death refers the deaths caused by Agent Orange, so irony is used in this poem.

I felt that this poem has a very strong feelings against war due to immense diction and the irony used. I think the persona is kind of confused also as there were questions asked in the poem. He is confused as his own country are killing his enemies but he felt that his own country soldiers are evil.

& Jason Cher signed off @ 6:04 PM