Vietnam Poetry
My essay is a comparison of a song and a poem about the Vietnam war. The song is "Goodnight Saigon" written by Billy Joel and the poem is "No Word Spoken" by Edward J. Domaleski. These two are very different but revolve around one main point; the American soldiers experience in the Vietnam war. Joel writes about the whole war experience while Domaleski writes just about one solitary battle. Domaleski is also more detailed than Joel in his writing. Domaleski’s lines of poetry discreetly describe the scenes of a battle, while Joel’s generally describe the hardships of the American soldiers during the war. "No Word Spoken" stars off by describes some soldiers marching through a forest. They hear something, not knowing what it is they "spread out" to investigate. Monkeys begin moving around and it is now raining, the soldiers are told silently to be "quiet" they "don’t breathe". They see four of the enemy, silently ordered to begin the fight, "grenades fly" and "clips empty". Once the battle is over and there are "no more screams" silent orders are given to get up and search the bodies for anything valuable that can be used on their awaiting journey. Before the soldier leaves he looks
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Word Spoken, Parris Island, Jesus Christ, Edward Domaleski, Secondly American, Vietnamese Americans, Billy Joel, Stories Vietnam, Bob Hope, Billy Joels, american soldiers, billy joel, parris island, word spoken, vietnam war, soldiers war, hand hand,
Approximate Word count = 821
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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