Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen Crane
- First Published: 1899
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Civil War, War, Death or dying, Soldiers, Battles
The Poem
“Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind” is Stephen Crane’s poem about war and its aftermath. In twenty-six lines, the persona of the poem addresses the loved ones of the soldiers who died on the battlefield amid mayhem and chaos. Crane’s use of blank verse is well suited for the subject of war because it lacks the harmonious patterns of rhyme and meter. The poem is composed of five stanzas, and the indented beginning of the second and fourth stanzas characterize a change in setting. While the first, third, and fifth stanzas focus on the survivors of dead...
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