| Point | Evidence | Elaboration |
| Point of view | - Poet fought in the Vietnam war
- Has come into contact with and experienced the effects of Agent Orange, used by the U.S. military in its herbicidal warfare programme in the Vietnam war
- Rendered immobile by the effects of Agent Orange
- “Nefariously America led astray”
| - The persona is a soldier in the Vietnam war
- The persona understands the full implications of Agent Orange on people
- Having experienced the painful effects of Agent Orange himself, the persona is bitter about the Vietnam and Agent Orange, when show itself most clearly when the persona states that his own country the U.S.A. is “nefarious[ly]”
- Reliable speaker
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| Situation and setting | - “Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri!”
- Punctuation marks of poem
- “WILL pay”
| - The events of the poem took place in Vietnam as Agent Orange is used only during the Vietnam War.
- Ethical conflict of the use chemical warfare
- Tension is created through negative words such as “WILL pay”, “nefariously” and the increased use of exclamation marks by the end of the poem
- Conflict unresolved, symbolises the effects (birth defects, death, disability) of Agent Orange people still suffer today even though the chemical itself has not been used for decades.
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| Language / diction | - Negative words used: “nefariously”, “execrable”
- Exclamation marks used
- “potpourri”
| - Portrays a negative image of Agent Orange and war
- Shows the furiousness of the persona when he witnessed the effects of Agent Orange
- Ironic as “potpourri” means a jar full of fragrant flowers that allow people to enjoy their fragrance but in here it means the chemicals that kill people
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| Personal response | NIL | - Mostly a very direct and straightforward poem
- Easy to understand
- Conveys message effectively within just two stanzas
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