In Crane’s poem “ Do not weep‚ maiden‚ for war is kind”‚ the title itself brings to mind images of war and sadness. The word war suggest tragedy and the word weep adds to the feeling of sadness. A reader would expect a poem entitled “Do not weep‚ maiden‚ for war is kind” to be about sadness‚ And in this case the readers expectations would be met. This poem tells the story of a woman who has lost her father along with her son in war‚ and depictions of war. Such as‚ “ A field where a thousand corpses
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“Do Not Weep‚ Maiden‚ for War is Kind‚” was written by the poet Stephen Crane. The poem is a bitter and emotional protest of the horrors of war. It gets much of its strength from using simple but highly descriptive words in contrast with innocence‚ and also through the use of repetition and sarcasm. The poet portrays bitterness and innocence in the first stanza. It is strongly shown in the lines "Do not weep‚ maiden‚ for war is kind‚ because your lover threw wild hands towards the sky” (1-2). The
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times when there is war some people do not consider the effects that can occur because of war. In “Do Not Weep Maiden For War Is Kind‚” by Stephen Crane the audience is presented with some of the effects of war. The author presents what occurs to a family during war. In “Do Not Weep Maiden For War Is Kind‚” Crane presents the effects that war can have on a family. When Crane mentions “do not weep maiden for war is kind” the audience can conclude that the husband has gone to war and left the family
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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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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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“War is Kind” by Stephen Crane‚ is a poem that is very famous‚ and is about‚ well‚ war! War‚ violence‚ shooting‚ and death is what most of his famous works are about. We read in Biography.com that Stephen Crane went to college and never actually was in a war. He wrote “A Red Badge of Courage”‚ a book that was about the psychological part of war and how the soldier felt while he was in battle. Even though he never fought in an actual war he did a lot of research and what he wrote was very true
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The poem “War is Kind” written by Stephen Crane in 1897. The title of the poem is ironic because war is not kind and in the poem a list all of the bad things about war. The theme of the story is completely different than the title. This poem however has more than just one theme there are actually three. Warfare is one of the themes of this poem‚ war is not kind and it is mean. War takes away families it makes them lose their loved ones. All what war is‚ is nothing but lose and heartbreak it only
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addresses the hurt that three people experience because of the loss of a loved one. He tries to justify the means in which these loved ones were lost but he cannot justify war. It is ironic that Stephen Crane’s title of the poem and basically his most common phrase or chorus throughout‚ is the phrase “war is kind.” In reality‚ war is the opposite‚ it is disastrous‚ destructive‚ and catastrophic not only to the cities and towns it touches but also to the families and people of that nation or other
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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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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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