Comparing Owens Dulce et Decorum Est and Cranes Do Not Weep, Maiden,

Comparing Owens Dulce et decorum Est and Cranes Do non Weep, Maiden, For struggle Is Kind Both Stephen Cranes Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind and Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum Est use vivid images, diction rich with connotation, similes, and metaphors to portray the irony mingled with the idealized glory of war and the lurid reality of war. However, by looking at the different way of lifes these elements are used in all(prenominal) poem, it is clear that the speaker units in the two poems are soldiers who come from opposite ends of the spectrum of army ranks. matchless speaker is an officer and the other is a foot soldier. individually of the speakers/soldiers is dealing with the repercussions from his own realities of the horror of war based on his occupation during the battle. The speaker in War is Kind is an officer who grapples with his own conscience in an internal monologue. He is struggling with his feelings of guilt over track younger soldiers into bat tle and his military responsibility to cover up the truth. One way of interpreting this poem is to consider that the officer is attending a traditional military funeral for one of his soldiers. This can be seen in the way the stanzas are set up in the poem. In the first, third, and fifth stanzas, the speaker appears to be consoling the weeping loved ones of a soldier who died in the war. This would normally be the job of an officer who leads a regiment into battle. console the family members is a powerful tool for conveying the reality of war. Addressing loved ones of a deceased soldier illustrates the loss and suffering to be dealt with by those unexpended behind. He speaks to a maiden (1), a babe (12), and a bring forth (23), thereby, conveying one of the most significant truths about wa... ...and ConsultedCather, Willa. Stephen Cranes Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind. In Willa Cather on authorship Critical Studies on Writing as an Art. Lincoln Bison-U of Nebraska P, 1988 67-74.Crane, Stephen. Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. The new Age Literature. Eds Leonard Lief and James F. Light. 4th Ed. Holt, Rhinehart and Winston New York, 1981. p. 137Grualman, Robert Edward, jr. Wilfred Owen. Critical Survey of Poetry. English expression Series. Rev. ed. 5. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena Salem P, 1992. 2530-2531.Kerr, Douglas. Wilfred Owens Voices Language and Community. Oxford Clarendon Press, 1993.Knapp, Bettina L. Stephen Crane. New York The Ungar Publishing Company, 1987. 172-174.Owen, Wilfred. Dulce Et Decorum Est. World War I British Poets. Ed. Candace Ward. Dover Publications, Inc New York, 1997.