The Tragedy of War

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This paper discusses the harsh and unbecoming realities of war by reviewing three poems. The author summarizes two works of Wilfred Owen, "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" and "Dulce Et Decorum Est", as well as Stephen Crane's "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind." The paper explains how both Owen and Crane use irony in their poems to describe war and describes the similarities that these poems have - premature loss of life and that there is nothing glamorous and exciting about war. The author advocates that these poems can serve as cautions to the seriousness or war and conflicts.

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"In the end, these poems all describe men who die too young. Many times, men die for causes that are not even relevant to them; or sign up for a war in a disillusioned state. They often think war is glamorous and exciting; even a death in battle is exciting. However, they fail to realize the seriousness of being injured, the despair that they cause their loved ones, or the fact that death may come slowly and quite painfully. It is apparent that these poets all understood that war is serious, and that there is nothing kind about it. Therefore, these works all serve as cautious warnings to the seriousness of war and conflicts."

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