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"Mort Aux Chats" - A poem by Peter Porter What is the poem about?
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... "Mort Aux Chats" - A poem by Peter Porter What is the poem about? "Mort aux chats" is a carefully crafted poem, well disguised and veiled. We cannot, therefore, be 100% certain of Porter's intentions when he was writing the poem. However, what is certain is that Porter is talking about intense power, influence and evil, which he wants us to know more about through studying his poem thoroughly. At that point, Porter is aiming to be a witness for his race, realising that maybe he is guilty of prejudice too and regretting, while attempting to drive the reader to confess and repent for the crimes he/she may have committed as well. "When I dream of God I see a massacre of Cats." Prejudice and vices will always prevail in society; otherwise, everything said or done would be useless, without any purpose. Porter looks at things this way and it is obvious he














