Imagery In Stephen Crane's War Is Kind
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, raged at his breasts, gulped, and died; and when these men were born to drill and die.
As you read the first stanza of the poem “War is kind”, imagery is expressed as the ‘lover’ throws his hand towards the sky while the frightened steed is running
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, raged at his breasts, gulped, and died; and when these men were born to drill and die.
As you read the first stanza of the poem “War is kind”, imagery is expressed as the ‘lover’ throws his hand towards the sky while the frightened steed is running