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WAR IS KIND: 21 by STEPHEN CRANE

Poet Analysis

First Line: A MAN SAID TO THE UNIVERSE: / 'SIR, I EXIST!'
Last Line: "A SENSE OF OBLIGATION."
Subject(s): UNIVERSE; WAR;

A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
"A sense of obligation."




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