Woodchucks
Woodchucks Maxine Kumin's, Woodchucks provides an interesting and creative perspective into the mind state of those influenced by nazi warfare. What begins as a seemingly humorous cat and mouse hunt, reminiscent of such movie classics as Caddyshack, soon develops into an insatiable lust for blood. Kumin's descriptive language provides the reader with the insight necessary to understand to the speaker's psychology as they are driven beyond the boundaries of pacifism. The poem does indeed have a rhyme scheme, yet doesn't conform to conventional forms of rhyme such as A, B, A, B, etc. Rather, each stanza seems to follow the order of A, B, C, A, C, B, which may not be apparent to the reader at first, but doesn't hinder the poem's effectiveness. The first stanza begins with the speaker describing their failed attempt at eliminating the pests. The first attempt was described as merciful: "The knockout bomb from the Feed and Grain Exchange was featured as merciful, quick at the bone". However, the following lines offer a bit of humor to the chase as it seems the woodchuck has outsmarted the speaker as a result of their overconfidence: "and the case we had against them was airtight, both exits shoehorned shut with puddingstone, but they h
This thrill continues to manifest itself in the following stanza as well. The blood lust is steadily increasing within the speaker and surprisingly comes natural to them. " Here, another life is taken just minutes after the first. 0 one-two-three the murderer inside me rose up hard, the hawkeye killer came on stage forthwith. "I, a lapsed pacifist fallen from grace puffed with Darwinian pieties for killing, now drew a bead on the little woodchuck's face. One being the speaker's resentment towards the woodchucks for awakening this side of his/her personality. Old wily fellow, he keeps me cocked and ready day after day after day. " The killer now takes a moment to lament on his/her course of action, acknowledging that her pacifism is a thing of the past; that he/she was once comparable to Darwin and his pension for non-violence. " This stanza marked the turning point of the narrative as our speaker has been pushed beyond their boundaries into an unfamiliar realm of pleasure. It is now a newfound sensation that has thrilled them beyond expectation. " This statement is indicative of many things. " However, those that follow are slowly indicative of the speaker's mental deterioration. " From this statement we can see that his/her lust for blood has completely consumed them, as it remains with them whether conscious or unconscious. The speaker utters one last phrase of motivation as he/she eerily takes pleasure in holding the tool of his nemesis' destruction.
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