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"Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind" (p.18)
What is this poem saying about war? (hint: pay attention to the tone of the poem) Support your answer with specific textual evidence and explanation.
"Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kind" conveys a message that war is in fact not kind. By using graphic imagery about the terrors of war and then following it up with "Do not weep, for war is kind" demonstrates the ironic tone. "Mother whose heart hung humble as a button On the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind." Mr.Crane is establishing that war is not kind. By using imagery to plant a vivid picture of a mother that has lost her son to this war makes you feel sorrowful. Which is proving Mr.Crane's ultimate point that war is bitter and cruel not kind.
Counter to what the title says and what is repeated throughout, the point of this poem is to show how war is unkind and draw scrutiny towards notions of glory and honor in fighting war. This can be seen through the line "Point for them the virtue of slaughter" by calling the action of "slaughter," which evokes a gory and dreary imagery, "virtuous" when speaking in the confines of a war, the author shows the irony in the notions of glory in war. This can further be seen in the line: "Great is the battle-God, great, and his kingdom- A field where a thousand corpses lie." By first describing the perceived ideals of war and then shocking the reader with the imagery of war's reality, "a field" with "a thousand corpses," the author turns the glorified image of war on its head, revealing to the reader it's harsh realities and showing how war truly is not kind.
"Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kind" conveys a message that war is in fact not kind. By using graphic imagery about the terrors of war and then following it up with "Do not weep, for war is kind" demonstrates the ironic tone.
ReplyDelete"Mother whose heart hung humble as a button
On the bright splendid shroud of your son,
Do not weep.
War is kind."
Mr.Crane is establishing that war is not kind. By using imagery to plant a vivid picture of a mother that has lost her son to this war makes you feel sorrowful. Which is proving Mr.Crane's ultimate point that war is bitter and cruel not kind.
-Zack Porto
Counter to what the title says and what is repeated throughout, the point of this poem is to show how war is unkind and draw scrutiny towards notions of glory and honor in fighting war. This can be seen through the line
ReplyDelete"Point for them the virtue of slaughter"
by calling the action of "slaughter," which evokes a gory and dreary imagery, "virtuous" when speaking in the confines of a war, the author shows the irony in the notions of glory in war. This can further be seen in the line:
"Great is the battle-God, great, and his kingdom-
A field where a thousand corpses lie."
By first describing the perceived ideals of war and then shocking the reader with the imagery of war's reality, "a field" with "a thousand corpses," the author turns the glorified image of war on its head, revealing to the reader it's harsh realities and showing how war truly is not kind.