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

canvas Owens Dulce et decorousness Est and Cranes Do Not Weep, Maiden, For war Is Kind Both Stephen Cranes Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind and Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum Est use vivid images, phrasing rich with connotation, similes, and metaphors to portray the irony between the idealized glory of war and the lurid reality of war. However, by looking at the different shipway these elements are used in each metrical composition, it is clear that the speakers in the two poems are soldiers who come from opposite ends of the spectrum of armed forces ranks. One speaker is an officer and the other is a foot soldier. Each of the speakers/soldiers is dealing with the repercussions from his own realities of the mutual exclusiveness of war based on his duty 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 leading younger soldiers into battle and hi s 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 i 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 tearful loved ones of a soldier who died in the war. This would normally be the crease of an officer who leads a regiment into battle. Consoling the family members is a powerful irradiation for conveying the reality of war. Addressing loved ones of a deceased soldier illustrates the pass and suffering to be dealt with by those left behind. He speaks to a inaugural (1), a babe (12), and a mother (23), thereby, conveying one of the to the highest degree significant truths about wa... ...and ConsultedCather, Willa. Stephen Cranes Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind. In Willa Cather on Writing Critical Studies on Writing as an Art. Lincoln Bison-U of northe ast P, 1988 67-74.Crane, Stephen. Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. The Modern Age Literature. Eds Leonard gladly and James F. Light. 4th Ed. Holt, Rhinehart and Winston New York, 1981. p. 137Grualman, Robert Edward, Jr. Wilfred Owen. Critical Survey of Poetry. face Language 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.