Nerdotopia

  ‘In the poem “War is Kind”, Stephen Crane generates satire by meaning the opposite of what he says’. Do you agree? Discuss with reference to the poem.          War is Kind is an ironical, paradoxical poem under the themes of fabricated grandeur of war and horror of war. It’s composed by the modern American poet, Stephen Crane; generating the tragedy and horrors of war which the naive humans are compelled to face. It’s a classic example that generates satire by paradoxical statements. The poem encloses three plights in war; a young maiden who’s lover dies at war, a babe whose father dies at war and a mother who loses her only son due to war. Crane attempts to console them, but can’t help but to be sarcastic and paradoxical, regarding the issue; seemingly conveying that death was certain to all who’d enter the battlefield. The battlefield is paralleled to a slaughterhouse, where none could step out alive. Men with huge pride; romanticize...