“War is Kind” by Stephen Crane is a poem extremely critical of war and questions if the war and the death and destructions that the results are truly worth it. Crane uses sarcasm and irony to move the reader to be critical towards war and to see the pain it the causes. The pain suffered by the soldier is obvious, but this poem shows the pain that family members of the soldiers suffer as well. The repeated chorus, “Do not weep/for war is kind,” ties the emotional experience and the actual experience of war together. Crane uses strong imagery to depict the men fighting and the women at home crying over them. Crane’s attitude toward war seems to be negative. “War is kind” is repeated over and over, however, he also refers to the ones who
