Do not weep,maiden,for war is kind

Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.
Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky
And the affrighted steed ran on alone,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment,
Little souls who thirst for fight,
These men were born to drill and die.
The unexplained glory flies above them,
Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom --
A field where a thousand corpses lie.

Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.
Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches,
Raged at his breast, gulped and died,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.

Mother whose heart hung humble as a button
On the bright splendid shroud of your son,
Do not weep.
War is kind.

Stephen Maria Crane

Questions For Poetry Circles: in flanders field

Questions for Poetry Circles:

Note: You use the same questions for each poem that you read.

1. How does this poem make you feel? What emotions do you feel when you read it?- When I read the poem In Flanders Feild, the emotions i get are sadness and fustration. I feel sadness because there are so many poppies in flanders feild and for each poppy, there is a soldier that is represented. I feel fustration because all the poppys show all the soldier that died.


2. What is the poem about? The poem is about the poppies showing all the soldier that died in that feilld.


3. List some of the descriptive words the poet uses and explain why they are effective. The words bravely singing are effective in the poem as it meanns they still went on singing even though they were hurt and evrything was wrong.


4. Why do you think the poet wrote this poem? What was he/she trying to achieve? i think that the poet wrote this poem to make readers become aware of what the soldiers went through. and that know they're gone the poppies in flanders feild are repesenting them.


5. Write down your favourite line/lines from the poem. Explain why you picked them. We lived, felt down, saw sunset glow. are my favourite lines because to me it seems like the soldiers were hurt after battle but still smiled and loved.


6. Does this poem rhyme? yes


7. If the poem rhymes how do you think this adds to the overall effect of the poem? yes because it makes the poem seems better.
8. Had you ever seen/heard this poem before? If yes, when/where? no


9. Did you like this poem? Explain why. yes because it short and easy to understand


10. Does the poem create an image in you head? If yes, describe what you see in your mind. You may draw a picture to show what you see if you prefer. yes the image i get in my head is heaps of bodies lying on the feild and then when the bodies are moved, all the red poppies bloom.

In Flanders Field

In Flanders Field
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae

Poem

devostated and alone, running through the streets. Naked, screaming and i just want to be in my mothers arms. My heart is brokn and my eyes feel like they cant cry anymore. All i can do is run.