“War is Kind” by Stephen Cane is a poem from the late 1800’s. This poem is assumed to be written about the civil war because World War 1 and World War 2 have not occured yet. This poem is very moving and full of sorrow. “War is Kind” was inspired by Crane’s experience in the front lines in Greece(1897) and cuba(1898). Although the poem is called “War is Kind”‚ war is definitely far from kind. “War is kind” talks not about how war is “kind” but about how it is the worst thing to ever have to go
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and struggle. I often marvel at the fine line that separates humans from other animals that do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival. In Stephen Crane’s poem‚ War is Kind‚ he illustrates how war forces men to discard their humanity‚ and they effectively become dehumanized. The word “humble” is used in the poem to show how war diminishes the importance of
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“Do Not Weep‚ Maiden‚ for War is Kind” On first reading‚ Stephen Crane’s poem‚ “Do Not Weep‚ Maiden‚ for War is Kind”‚ is a poem that is making light of the seriousness of war and the loss of loved ones‚ for example: “Do not weep/War is Kind”. However‚ upon a second reading‚ it is the opposite. Crane is not making light of war‚ he is encouraging the maiden to join him in the bitterness toward the forces that perpetrate war (Semansky 258). Semansky describes Crane’s technique in cinematic terms
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War is Kind: Stephen Crane I. In the introduction the poem opens up with the speaker mentioning Maiden in this poem simply refers to a girl A. The man tells the girl not to cry because war is kind. Even though this is to sound ironic the phrase really means the opposite of what the character is trying to tell the girl. B. The maiden had been crying for her dead lover who had thrown his hands towards the sky‚ in which a horse appears to get scared and leaves the man alone on his own
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The point made by Mark Twain’s “The War-Prayer” (1905) is simple‚ even simplistic: that the unspoken part of the desire for victory over the enemy is the desire that misery and death befall others. The irony‚ as noted by the stranger who comments on this silent prayer‚ is that it is directed supposedly “in the spirit of love” to “Him who is the Source of Love” (398). In fact‚ Twain’s piece makes this irony unmissable‚ as it ends with the failure of the congregation even to understand the stranger’s
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Writers protest war by using imagery‚ irony‚ and structure. The writers in this DBQ to protest against war using and describing images and war. They use irony by making the title seem for war while the text really is against war. They use structure like lists and such to describe how they die because of simple thing. I think writers using imagery‚ irony‚ and structure is an effective way of protesting war. Writers use imagery to protest war by describing certain events that happened using sensory
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When war occurs‚ it not only affects the people involved in the war‚ such as the soldiers fighting for their country in the trenches; but it affects the people outside of the war‚ such as loved ones of soldiers‚ and citizens of the country involved. The poem “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane describes the effects of war on soldiers and civilians by depicting that for soldiers‚ war is an act that they were born to do‚ and after experiencing it‚ it is the only thing they will ever know; and for civilians
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The imagery of Stephen Crane’s “War is Kind” Stephen Crane is an important poet to American Literature. He was one of the most famous writers of imagery‚ as well as naturalism. One of his poems‚ “War is Kind”‚ has many examples of imagery. This poem is also known as “Do not weep‚ maiden‚ for war is kind”‚ by its first line. Three examples of imagery in his poem are when her lover threw his hands towards the sky and his affrighted steed ran on alone; when the father tumbled in the yellow trenches
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The poem “War is Kind” was written by Stephen Crane in 1899. He was born after the civil war‚ but died before WWI. Crane wrote this poem about the civil war and the men who fought in it. The poem has three different themes: Warfare‚ The Home‚ and Patriotism. “War is Kind” does not mean that war is actually kind it is just saying that people are willing to go into battle and sacrifice their lives for their country. War is cruel‚ not kind‚ the exact opposite of what Crane repeats throughout the poem
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Do Not Weep Maiden‚ for the War Is Kind This is a very critical and harsh poem. Stephen Crane seems to have a more pessimistic outlook on life than other poems he has written‚ and nowhere else does that pessimistic outlook come through in his poetry than here. The pattern of the poem affixes a cynical‚ satirical statement after every statement of "War is kind." For example‚ "War is kind‚ Hoarse booming drums of the regiment‚ little souls who thirst for fight‚ these men were born to drill and die
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