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        <title><![CDATA[The primary motif in the poem is the phrase "war is kind." The fact that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The primary motif in the poem is the phrase "war is kind." The fact that it appears in the title, as well as numerous times in the poem, suggests its significance. It is through this motif that Crane develops the tone of the poem, one of verbal irony. The idea that war is kind is sharply contrasted by several specific scenes of death and suffering. Ironically, the only way war can be "kind" is that it brings death which ends suffering--except...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind," what is the tone, the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind," what is the tone, the symbolic meaning, and the motif of the poem?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The ironic tone of  "War is Kind" is carried throughout the poem. In...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The ironic tone of  "War is Kind" is carried throughout the poem. In stanza two, Crane writes of the "men born to drill and die" with the "unexplained glory" overhead.  This juxtaposition of the senselessness of the military and its training men to die for the "glory" of the country is emphasized by Crane's metaphor for the flag.
Later, in stanza four the cruelty of war, in ironic opposition to its "kindness," is underscored by the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:37:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Stephen Crane describes the flag in "War Is Kind", why does he...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Stephen Crane describes the flag in "War Is Kind", why does he refer to it as an "unexplained glory"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:07:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is an example of verbal irony. Verbal irony is when a person says...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is an example of verbal irony. Verbal irony is when a person says one thing but actually means something else. Crane says war is kind to illustrate his point of the cruelty and uselessness of war. Crane's poem deals with the ravages of war, describing how the soldiers suffer when they die and the suffering this causes in their families. Crane also attacks patriotism and the devotion to our flag, suggesting that the blind obedience to the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:32:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Stephen Crane use the word &quot;kind&quot; to describe war?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did Stephen Crane use the word &quot;kind&quot; to describe war?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:41:01 PST</pubDate>
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