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Subject of War in the Poems of Whitman, Crane, Longfellow, and Sandburg
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 despair with the
"k ....
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.... Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie
awaiting the hearses,".
In "The Arsenal at Springfield", Longfellow notes the senselessness of
war. "The cries of agony, the endless groan, Which, through the ages that
have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own." He also
indicates that war could be avoided if man would be more caring and try
harder to avoid it. ""Were half the power, that fills the world w ....
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