War Is Kind by Crane

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`War is kind ' is a harsh and critical poem . The poetry is a sort of protest against war and ranks among the large collection of harrowing works of poetry about war . The title draws the reader 's attention to the ironic tone in the poem as it is very hard to picture war being kind The author seems to be very pessimistic and adopts a satirical and cynical statement after the statement `war is kind . For instance he says , `War is kind , hoarse booming

drums of the regiment , little souls who thirst for fight , these men were born to drill and die (Crane 2009 , pp 9 . By referring to the `unexplained glory above them , Crane seems to be questioning whether the destruction and death is worth it This is an important question as most wars are really not about what they issues that the people at war claim . There are some exceptions to this , for example , World War II was about a fight for the end of holocaust , while the Civil War was about ending slavery . However for the most part , wars have been conflicts over cultural values and over natural resources

In his poem , Crane appears to be disagreeing with the notion that wars are about glory , nationalism and patriotism . These emotions that people associate with war are in reality made up to enable people feel better about the war and its effects . The level of sarcasm in the poem clearly shows Crane 's...