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Subject Of War In The Poems Of Whitman, Crane, Longfellow, And Sandburg
Part one of term paper
When reading poetry on the subject of war, one's own feelings
regarding the subject are evoked. This makes it easier to feel the words
and what they say to you. Crane's selection, "War is Kind" presents a
dilemma from the outset as it uses two words "war" and "kind" that are
dissimilar. Crane then highlights acts of destruction and despai ...
Part two of term paper ... contrasts "virtue" with "slaughter" ("Point for
them the virtue of slaughter") and "excellence" with "killing." ("Make
plain to them the excellence of killing"). War may be honorable,
purposeful, or necessary, but it is not kind, there is no virtue in
slaughter, and there is no excellence in killing.
Whitman notes in "Beat! Drums! Beat!" that when war comes, everything
stops, including the sense and reason of the moment. No matter what is
happening, there is no excuse for attending to anyth ...
Word count: 533 | Approximate pages: 2
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