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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAR IS KIND: 23, by STEPHEN CRANE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a land where lived no violets Last Line: "there are no violets here." Variant Title(s): The Violets Subject(s): Flowers; Violets; War | |||
THERE was a land where lived no violets. A traveller at once demanded: "Why?" The people told him: "Once the violets of this place spoke thus: 'Until some woman freely gives her lover To another woman We will fight in bloody scuffle.'" Sadly the people added: "There are no violets here." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE |
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