thought the speaker was showing sympathy by saying “war is kind” to people who had lost loved ones in the war‚ or that “war is kind” because it eventually makes peace. But then I realized‚ the more that I think about war and how it is not at all kind makes me believe the speaker in this poem is being sarcastic when he says that “war is kind”. I still believe that he was showing sympathy in a paradoxical way. Society tends to overlook how bad war really is and how gruesome it can be. We take for granted
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War has affected each generation in its own way. It has brought about gruesome deaths and sadness across nations. However‚ it has also been the reason for positive things such as beautiful war writings. Writers possess the skill to not only share stories from previous battles or personal memories they might have‚ but they also‚ in their own way‚ can protest war. They do this by simply using imagery‚ irony‚ and structure. These three things have enabled authors to help readers who did not go through
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War is Kind In Stephen Cranes poem “War is Kind‚” He uses repetition‚ tone and imagery‚ to communicate his theme: war is not kind‚ it is horrible. Repetition is the most prominent literary element used by the author. One of the most repeated phrases is "war is kind." Not only does it appear in the title‚ but it is repeated in lines 15‚ 12‚ 16‚ and 26. Crane illustrates that he is being verbally ironic. He does not mean that war is kind‚ but that war creates Misery. The phrase "do not weep" is
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Irony in Stephen Crane’s War Is Kind Most poets use their unique gift of writing poetry to relieve stress or just to document their emotions towards a given subject. Others use it as a key to bring about social change and voice their opinion on modern events. This is the case in Stephen Crane’s War Is Kind. The speaker in the poem uses irony as a strategy to convince the reader of the harsh reality of war. In the first few lines of the poem‚ the reader can already receive a feel of the irony
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most irony to protest war is by Stephen Crane and Wilfred Owen. In the poem‚ “War is Kind‚” by stephen Crane (Doc A)‚irony is used throughout the poem to protest war. For example‚ “Do not weep. War is kind‚” is very ironic because war is horrible but the author says it is good. These lines prove that the author is using irony to protest war. This quote is very ironic because of how it is used throughout the poem where Stephen elaborates on the negatives effects of war but in the end says war is kind
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Like love‚ war is full of pain and suffers. From year to year writers have been drawn to the subject of war and protest. Some writers have written to memorize battles‚ honor those who fight or just to glorify war itself. What tools can writers use to protest war? Writers use three techniques to achieve the protest of war. They use Imagery‚ Irony‚ and Structure. A way writers use to protest war is by using Imagery. Crane used very strong glorifying imagery. He put negative images next to the glorified
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Phillip Alexander Explication Essay 2 Stephen Crane’s poem “War is Kind” is an anti war poem written in the late 19th century. The author is very critical of war and questions if the loss of life and limb are worth it. Through the use of structure and sarcasm Stephen Crane persuades the reader to look at war through his eyes in a very critical manner. The very title‚ “War is Kind” is sarcastic. The reader however‚ does not find this out immediately. The poem is structured into five
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Harshness of War Effects Soldiers‚ As Well As the People Close to Them in “The Wound Dresser” and “Wars is Kind” @“The Wound Dresser” by Walt Whitman and “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane‚ are both sad yet beautifully poetic works of art that focus on the harshness of war with many similarities displayed in diverse ways like tone‚ writing style‚ theme‚ and how the author’s individual experiences with war have helped create these works of art. @First‚ both “The Wound Dresser” and “War is Kind” are similar
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officer whom bears bad news about their sons. During the reconstruction‚ the sex ratio is off balance and many women do not have a full grasp on why they are lonely. In “War is Kind” by the famous poet Stephen Crane; he adopts sarcastic diction and syntax to display war as a destructive force. The author uses ironic diction to present war as a calamitous machine that of which yields to no one. The first words that arise from the work to the reader is “Do not weep” (Crane 1st stanza)‚ yet it does not comfort
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death‚ war contains a lot of pain and anger. For quite a while now‚ writers have been attempting to write about and protest war. In all honesty‚ though‚ they’re just glorifying it and making it seem not as bad as it truly is. They do this‚ by using imagery‚ structure‚ and most of all‚ irony. How do writers use imagery‚ irony‚ and structure‚ to protest war? How is the pain and struggles of war shown in writings that protest war? Imagery is very helpful when writing about‚ and protesting war. Using
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