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Poet: Stephen Crane (Stephen Crane Art)
Poem: 21.
A man said to the universe:
Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1899
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Jun 4 2003
Comment 22 of 22, added on April 10th, 2009 at 9:07 PM.
I don't know wether I'm not going into the context as much as I should. But to me its simply saying that the universe does not revolve around man kind and that our existance really means nothing... to the bigger picture.
Emeh from United States
Comment 21 of 22, added on December 8th, 2008 at 10:55 PM.
I beleive that Stephen Crane is writing again about his Deist philosophy that God no longer exerts influence on the lives of humankind. It seems to me that Crane is commenting on a common practice that he finds futile. A man is praying to God, and Crane is supplying God's reply: "I'm not going to do anything". While one person may believe that God has answered their prayers, Crane would argue that the outcome was the combined result of the natural progression of the universe, and the person's action or inaction. Bare in mind that Crane is not anti-god, merely anti-traditional religion, and that both points are valid because such things cannot be proven (or have yet to be proven).
Ken from United States
Comment 20 of 22, added on December 8th, 2008 at 10:55 PM.
I beleive that Stephen Crane is writing again about his Deist philosophy that God no longer exerts influence on the lives of humankind. It seems to me that Crane is commenting on a common practice that he finds futile. A man is praying to God, and Crane is supplying God's reply: "I'm not going to do anything". While one person may believe that God has answered their prayers, Crane would argue that the outcome was the combined result of the natural progression of the universe, and the person's action or inaction. Bare in mind that Crane is not anti-god, merely anti-traditional religion, and that both points are valid because such things cannot be proven (or have yet to be proven).
Ken from United States
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I don't know wether I'm not going into the context as much as I should. But to me its simply saying that the universe does not revolve around man kind and that our existance really means nothing... to the bigger picture.
Emeh from United States