He can't escape the punishment.
He'll never get away with his
plots,
schemes,
or plans
to steal my crown.
He's a traitor and a burden.
He's the enemy.
"Calm" or "rational"
Don't make me laugh.
His crooked mind convinces him
that there's no conspiracy,
but I see a criminal
un
fold
ing
right before me.
He's the enemy.
Wait, could it be?
The three-road path
seems too familiar.
If the stories match up,
if he says only one man,
could it be possible that
I've become the enemy?
I decided to create a poem that Oedipus wrote about Laius' murderer. At first Oedipus is convinced that Creon is the murderer and that Creon has a plan behind this murder to interfere with Oedipus' power. He then recalls that he happened to be at the place of Laius' murder when Jocasta explains how Laius was killed by a group of theives where three roads meet and after hearing it he begins to second guess himself. I wanted to show how Oedipus initially shifts the blame to Creon in the beginning of the poem through the repetition of "He." By repeatedly saying "He," and "He's the enemy" it shows how Oedipus wants to bring the attention off of himself and really emphasize Creon's guilt. Through syntax, I was able to reveal with the constant use of punctuation how Oedipus didn't feel like there was much room for explanation and it was obvious who should be held responsible because the sentences/lines are short and to the point. However, there are question marks in the third stanza which illuminate how Oedipus is questioning his initial thoughts and beginning to wonder whether or not he should have been so quick to judge. There is alliteration in the line "His crooked mind convinces him that there's no conspiracy, but I see a criminal unfolding right before me," and the harsh sound of the C's really highlights Oedipus' sharp emotions because the reader can relate the hard emphasis to Oedipus' feelings.
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