Do Not Weep Maiden, For War Is Kind By Stephen Crane
“Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind,” was written by the poet Stephen Crane. The poem is a bitter and emotional protest of the horrors of war. It gets much of its strength from using simple but highly descriptive words in contrast with innocence, and also through the use of repetition and sarcasm.
The poet portrays bitterness and innocence in the first stanza. It is strongly shown in the lines "Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind, because your lover threw wild hands towards the sky” (1-2). The maiden is obviously a grieving woman who has received the terrible news of the loss of her lover. It is however the sense of description in the second line which is evoked from the word "wild" that really describes the awful, vivid moment of death.
The poet portrays bitterness and innocence in the first stanza. It is strongly shown in the lines "Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind, because your lover threw wild hands towards the sky” (1-2). The maiden is obviously a grieving woman who has received the terrible news of the loss of her lover. It is however the sense of description in the second line which is evoked from the word "wild" that really describes the awful, vivid moment of death.