Stephen crane poems war is kind
War Is Kind Themes -
- The unexplained glory flies above them, Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom— A field where a thousand corpses lie.
Analysis of War is Kind by Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane was born in 1871 and passed away in 1900. He is one of the most influential realist writers in America. He had first-hand experience of war as a war reporter. Crane's poem of five stanzas takes us right into the heart of the battle capturing the cruelty of war. He sharply focuses the scenes of dying soldiers. In each stanza, the poet seems to console the mourners in an ironical tongue.
Overview:
Point of view: 2nd person (like a lecture)
Rhyme scheme: irregular (free verse)
Theme: futility of war
Tone: ironic
Main techniques: irony, refrain (repetition of the same line – and here its purpose is to evoke irony)
Reading through Lines:
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind
Because your lover threw wild hands towards the sky
And the affrighted steed ran on alone
Do not weep
War is kind.
Irony: war is kind
paradox: war is kind (seemingly absurd
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- 1 Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.
War is Kind by Stephen Crane | Project Gutenberg
- War is kind.
| in heaven by stephen crane | Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. |
| stephen crane birthday | The unexplained glory flies above them, Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom— A field where a thousand corpses lie. |
| in the desert stephen crane | Reproduction of the original. |
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- 1 Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.