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Poet: Stephen Crane
Poem: 3.
To the maiden
Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1899
Poem of the Day:
Oct 2 2003
Comment 2 of 2, added on July 3rd, 2005 at 7:19 PM.
The use of two separate viewpoints is cleverly used. The first stanza is the view of a maiden, a young woman whose innocence view of life is yet to be tainted, a maiden who has freedom and long life ahead. To the sailor, who has no hope of reaching shore, the ocean is a cruel tool of nature, that is gray and dreary. There is no innocence left in his view, as he is appear of Nature's hand at that fateful time.
Stephanie from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on May 13th, 2005 at 11:39 AM.
I thought it was pretty dull and could barely understand what he was talking about. But thats why i like it.
Brittney from United States
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The use of two separate viewpoints is cleverly used. The first stanza is the view of a maiden, a young woman whose innocence view of life is yet to be tainted, a maiden who has freedom and long life ahead. To the sailor, who has no hope of reaching shore, the ocean is a cruel tool of nature, that is gray and dreary. There is no innocence left in his view, as he is appear of Nature's hand at that fateful time.
Stephanie from United States