Comparison between Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est and Crane's Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind. Both "Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind" by Stephen Crane and "Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind" and "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen use vivid imagery, diction rich in connotations, similes and metaphors to portray the irony between the idealized glory of war and the lurid reality of war. However, by looking at the different ways these elements are used in each poem, it is clear that the speakers in the two poems are soldiers who come from opposite ends of the military rank spectrum. One of the speakers is an officer and the other is an infantry soldier. Each of the speakers/soldiers faces the repercussions of their own reality of the horror of war based on their duty during the battle. The speaker in "War is Kind" is an officer who grapples with his conscience in an internal monologue. He is struggling with his guilt over leading younger soldiers into battle and his military responsibility to hide the truth. One way to interpret this poem is to consider that the officer is attending a traditional military funeral for one of his soldiers. This can be seen in the way the stanzas are set up in the poem. In the first, third, and fifth stanzas, the speaker appears to console the mourning loved ones of a soldier who died in the war. This would normally be the job of an officer leading a regiment into battle. Consoling family members is a powerful tool for conveying the reality of war. Addressing the loved ones of a deceased soldier illustrates the loss and suffering faced by those left behind. He speaks to a "maiden" (1), a "child" (12) and a "mother" (23), thus conveying one of the most significant truths about wa... at the center of the card... .... and ConsultedCather, Willa. “Weep Not, Maiden, by Stephen Crane, For War is Kind.” In Willa Cather on Writing: Critical Studies in Writing as an Art. Lincoln: Nebraska Bison-U P, 1988: 67-74. Crane, Stephen. “Weep not, maiden, for war is kind.” The literature of the modern age. Eds Leonard Lief and James F. Luce. 4th edition. Holt, Rhinehart and Winston; New York, 1981, p. 137Grualman, Robert Edward, Jr. "Wilfred Owen." Critical investigation of poetry. Series in English. Rev. ed. 5. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem P, 1992. 2530-2531.Kerr, Douglas. The Voices of Wilfred Owen: Language and Community. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.Knapp, Bettina L. Stephen Crane. New York: The Ungar Publishing Company, 1987. 172-174. Owen, Wilfred. “Dulce et decorum est.” British Poets of the First World War. Ed. Candace Ward. Dover Publications, Inc; New York, 1997.