The poem “Red Maple Leaf” by Janesh Sivanathan is about a young man that is pulled away from his new family and pushed into war. The message the author is trying to convey in this poem his passion for his country and wiliness to die for his nation. The speaker’s mood in this poem really gets the reader to understand the soldier is not enjoying his time in battle. For examples he says “Its not worth it I think of looking for a new path” (Sivanathan, 8) as the speaker is trying to state that is not really worth all this pain. As he is separated from his loved ones and doesn’t want to be put in this situation and is willing to look for a new path in his life. The settings in this poem would be World War 2 as the soldier describes the scenes using
