The poem ‘War Is Kind’ is a very ironic poem by Stephen Crane telling wives and mothers of men going to war that all is ok and your husbands and sons are going to live. The poem ‘War Is Kind’ is based off of Cranes experiences in war in Greece and Cuba. “War Is Kind” is the exact opposite of what it says which makes it ironic because war is not kind but is ruthless and kills thousands.
To even begin where it starts to begin when it starts to become itronic. Just the first sentence says “Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind” which starts it off sad and ironic at the same time. The first line is kind of sad while also true because everyone dies but it is sad because they died in war and not next to the wife or mother. “Do not weep, maiden” refer to both the wife and mother because either their wife/mother or both would weep for the loss of their child or husband. As Shmoop says “war is the most rudest, awful thing ever” which confirms the ironic theme of the poem. Although it may inspire patriotism it is still a nasty dirty poem of death and sadness.
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Again as stated from Shmoop “war is the most rudest, awful thing ever.” Even if war was kind there would still be death for some son, husbands, and fathers. Also, all of these people end up with their men dead in a trench somewhere during a bloody battle. In each battle there were deaths which caused more and more people to lose their children, husbands, and fathers because war is not kind and war is unforgiving. This poem is all about how all war destroys the ties of family with