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WAR IS KIND: 22 by STEPHEN CRANE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN THE PROPHET, A COMPLACENT FAT MAN
Last Line: "BUT THE SCENE IS GREY."

When the prophet, a complacent fat man,
Arrived at the mountain-top,
He cried: "Woe to my knowledge!
I intended to see good white lands
And bad black lands,
But the scene is grey."



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