Stephen Crane Poetry

In the Desert

“In the Desert” was very interesting it was like someone’s nightmare in a poem. I thought that he did a very good job describing the creature that was eating his own heart. I think that it was saying something about the creature since he said that his heart was bitter so to me it tells me that he was a bitter creature in everything that he did.

Supposing that I Should Have the Courage

I think that the author is trying to infer what the payment for being virtuous should be. He questions what he will get for being stabbed with the “sword of virtue.” He asks about a castle or a kingdom but when he finds out that hope would be the only reward then he is ready to be stabbed. This shows what kind of man the author was he is saying that having hope is the best reward there is even if it is for being virtuous.

A Man Feared that He Might Find an Assassin

This short poem was very interesting to me. These two men both feared opposite things so in saying that they both feared to meet each other.  The last line leaves the reader questioning who is the wiser of the two. I think that the one fearing to find a victim is the wiser because there are so many people could be the victim but there are not as many people have the evilness to be the assassin.

Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind

This poem is giving the wrong impression. War is in no way kind. This poem is telling maidens that war is kind that it killed your lover but war is still kind???? Whatever! Don’t weep war is kind we just kill the young men. It continues to tell both babies and mothers that war is kind and that their father or sons were killed but war is still kind. It is such a misconception in that it is lying to these people that war is a good thing.