War is Kind
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The verse tells a maiden not to weep because war is kind, while describing her lover's wild hands and a frightened horse running on alone. The regiment's booming drums accompany lines about men born to drill and die, with unexplained glory above them and a field where a thousand corpses lie. A shell is asked what the sea says, after a long silence in which the sea has kept its message for ships.
The sea appears to a maiden as a blue meadow alive with singing froth-people. The wrecked sailor sees dead grey walls bearing the grim hatred of nature. A voice wonders whether a lost love remembers their time together and whether the memory has become rubbish, like an old gown from another fashion.
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- Author
- Stephen Crane
- Pages
- 42
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
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