I have chosen to provide my interpretation for two of Yusef Komunyakaa's poems ("Camouflaging the Chimera"; "Tunnels") from his collection of poems, known as Dien Cai Dau, which are, in my opinion, his most descriptive and illustrative poems of his experience and feelings from the Vietnam War. These poems are also most expressive in terms of his literary tools he chose to employ and his thoughts that he was trying to convey to the reader, and can sum up his main idea behind his numerous others. I could really identify with his experiences and his thoughts about human mortality through hi…
