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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAR IS KIND: 12, by STEPHEN CRANE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A newspaper is a collection of half-injustices Last Line: Roaming through a fenceless world. Variant Title(s): A Newspaper Subject(s): Newspapers; Journalism; Journalists | |||
A newspaper is a collection of half-injustices Which, bawled by boys from mile to mile, Spreads its curious opinion To a million merciful and sneering men, While families cuddle the joys of the fireside When spurred by tale of dire lone agony. A newspaper is a court Where every one is kindly and unfairly tried By a squalor of honest men. A newspaper is a market Where wisdom sells its freedom And melons are crowned by the crowd. A newspaper is a game Where his error scores the player victory While another's skill wins death. A newspaper is a symbol; It is fetless life's chronicle, A collection of loud tales Concentrating eternal stupidities, Roaming through a fenceless world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS RISES GREATLY IN TIME OF WAR by EVE MERRIAM IT IS DANGEROUS TO READ NEWSPAPERS by MARGARET ATWOOD METAMORPHOSES: 3. THE RE-BIRTH OF VENUS by GEOFFREY HILL THE INTERVIEW by DAVID IGNATOW THE MORNING STAR by PRIMUS ST. JOHN THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE |
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