Week 4: Poetry

Today I want to talk about the long poem called "Tocqueville". This poem had a very odd way of pulling your interest into it. It spoke of many gruesome acts that went into detail. It had emotion and in a way could be heartless. It was about one mans life specifically. The details were very gruesome and in a way could cause your stomach to turn and twist into knots.

An example of this is when he was talking about how his wife was already killed. After that he was forced to kill his own child in front of the others. After he killed his own child they still cut off his arms. Now we don't know what this man did specifically, but you never know. Maybe he wasn't innocent, maybe he was a killer of other families. Maybe it was time for revenge. We won't know those facts because they don't inform you over it, that's where your imagination kicks in and you make the part leading up to the events from your mind.

One other example is about his best friend. He was arrested for child pornography. That disgusts me in a whole new level. It's not right for an older gentleman to do. No child should be violated into that type of situation. Also is best friends father passed away, he was on an oxygen tank and smoked during it. It caused his death.

All in all this poem is twisted and sick. It makes you think in a way that a lot of poems don't want to take you down.It makes you think deep into yourself to see what truly lies within, just like he did with the man in this poem.