Dec 21, 2009

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind | Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind

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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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Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind | Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind

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The Poem

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