My friend attacks my friend!
Oh Battle picturesque!
Then I turn Soldier too,
And he turns Satirist!
How martial is this place!
Had I a mighty gun
I think I’d shoot the human race
And then to glory run!
My friend attacks my friend!
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem My friend attacks my friend!
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i liked ur poem its intrested . especaily the war part .and it is in a funny manner . if any one has an intrested poems send t o my mail .
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A great story of war told in a funny manner
How very tragic the civil war that Dickenson is so disturbed that she fervently speaks out her disgust and torrid anger ” i would shoot the human race”
I am more stoic and in this short poem ask
are friends of my friends
necessarily friends of my own
can I accept one
and the other disown
Shimon Weinroth