¨War is Kind¨

Biography of STephen Crane

• Born on November 1st, 1871 in New Jersey
• Attended Claverack College and Syracuse
• Began his writing career in 1892 in New York
• He first worked as a freelance writer
• He became known for war writings

Repetition

• ¨Do Not Weep¨ is repeated multiple times
• He repeatedly uses this in a sarcastic manner
• This creates the opposite effect of what these words mean
• War is not kind and his repetition shows this
• Repeating ¨Do Not Weep¨ emphazises that war is sad

Imagery

• Vivid imagery is used
• This helps show what happens during war
• ¨Booming drums of the regiment¨ 
• ¨A Field where a thousand corpses lie¨
• These lines depict images of what happens in war.

Theme

• War is not actually kind
• War devastates the lives of people affected by it
• The losses of life from war are extremely sad

Irony

• The line ¨War is kind¨ is ironic
• War is not actually kind; it hurts people
• ¨Do not weep¨ is also ironic
• When people loose loved ones they weep

Tone

• Sarcastic tone
• This tone is made through the author's irony 

Tone

• Sarcastic tone
• This tone is made through the author's irony 
• ¨War is kind¨.

Speaker

• Speaker is probably a relative or friend
• This is shown with how he talks to the woman who lost a child
• ¨Mother whose heart hung humble as a button
• On the bright splendid shroud of your son,
• Do not weep. War is kind.¨

Speaker

• Speaker is probably a relative or friend
• This is shown with how he talks to the woman who lost a child

Critique/ Questions/ Comments/ Connections

• What was the author's reasoning behind writing this poem?
• We did not like this poem; it was depressing
• The only way war is kind is by fighting for your country
• You can connect this poem to war in general
• This poem shows how people are affected by war

Critique/ Questions/ Comments/ Connections

• What was the author's reasoning behind writing this poem?
• We did not like this poem; it was depressing
• The only way war is kind is by fighting for your country
• You can connect this poem to war in general
• This poem shows how people are affected by war