Reading and analysis of the poem "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kind" by Stephen Crane. Recommended for high school.

The poem is highly disturbing because of imagery of war, suffering, death, and grief, so this has a strong content warning. I also get pretty deep into the imagery, and so the analysis is also graphic. 

The poem is a masterpiece of irony, and in it Crane creates multiple impressions, one after another, which build to the final message; I try to trace that same thought process.

Focus on imagery, diction, tone, and irony.

Text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47650/war-is-kind-do-not-weep-maiden-for-war-is-kind