Question

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Carefully read this stanza from Stephen Crane's poem War Is Kind, and answer the question that follows:

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.

Please discuss how the author uses irony in this excerpt.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

"Little souls who thirst for fight" "These men were born to drill and die" "The unexplained glory flies above them"

All of these sentences use irony to show how people are born to fight, similar to machines. In addition, the title of the poem, War is Kind, is ironic as well, as war is NOT kind, and leaves "a field where a thousand corpses lie."