The Vietnam Wall Poem

In the poem the Vietnam wall by Alberto Rios the readers of the sentimental Harlem Jorine the author on a visit to the Vietnam war memorial,Also known as the Vietnam wall. The first thing the author does is describes firsthand how the wall affects the people who come and visit it in the emotional effect it has on everybody. he states the feelings and emotions of the visitors in many ways, such as; the way like cutting onions it brings water out of nowhere (Alberto Rios line 5). The Vietnam wall is a one stanza poem that portrays the emotion through being a picture poem. A picture poem is when the lines are written in space to resemblance something in this poem the words resemble the shape of the wall. The lines of the poem or short in the beginning longest in the middle and again short at the end, this not only

The author also gives a sense of mystery and eeriness when he says that he stops to look at the names of his friends and then sees his own name. this line is open to many different opinions and can create a very interesting variety of thoughts. I believe that the author means that he sees a family member or past relatives name and this somehow makes him feel more connected to the wall. after he sees his name he stops and thinks and doesn't leave like he was going to before, he looks at the little kids and sees it they are acting differently. even the little children and teenage boys to visit the wall take it seriously, they don't play so he tricks or full around. Even though it's more common to find boys fooling around then being mature they behaved in a respectful manner. This shows that the Vietnam wall is a place where everybody is vulnerable to the emotional facts of a monument that represent so much pain, for so many the author, Alberto Rios make this clear when he writes men have cried at this wall. I have seen them (Rios line