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War Is Kind - 1
War Is Kind - 1
Kind
Stephen Crane
• born 1871, raised in New Jersey
• began writing at 4, published works by age
16
• novelist, short story writer, journalist, and
poet
• endured a highly publicized scandal
• left for Cuba to cover Spanish- American war
in 1896
• ship sank en route to Cuba and Crane spent
several days floating in a dinghy
• the war most likely served as inspiration for
War is Kind
• died 1900, aged 28, of tuberculosis
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.