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Original poem reprinted online here: "The Colonel" by Carolyn Forché Originally read: April 13, 2013 More information about the Poet: Carolyn Forché Another difficult one to analyze because there's so much analysis on this poem.  A simple google search brings up meaning a definition to: the prose poem (the poem is in a messed up format here), the images, the impact of lines, the meaning behind the parrot, the meaning behind ears, the movement of the narrative, the domesticity of the beginning, the travesty at the end, the political, the personal, the obscene, and how they fulfill all expectations. Furthermore, there are interviews with Carolyn Forché about this poem -- the truth behind the poem, the historical representation, and her experience actually being there. So for me, I think to myself is there any thing to add?  Well I did add a lot onto the page and I wrote notes like, "The images get more and more violent and visceral as the poem goes."  Well, duh, a...