Week 6 Poetry- Stephen Crane

The Poetry of Stephen Crane

     For this week’s readings, I read both poetry of Stephen Crane and a short story from his work. I enjoy reading poetry a little more than the short story. It takes less time to read, but it is also fun to figure out the meaning. It sometimes took several times to read to understand some poetry. He mentions God, creatures, sky, sea, and universe often in his poetry. His poetry inside the book had no titles, so another person did add them to them. A Man Feared That He Might Find An Assassin was a poem that I found humorous. It was only a three line poem, but it had a comical tone at the end. Do Not Weep Maiden, For War Is Kind was a poem with an ironic tone. War doesn’t seem kind because killing is involved. A God In Wrath is a poem with great detail. The detail helps to describe the “wrath” of God mentioned in the poem. Crane does this by using words like thunderous blows. Black Riders From The Sea was another poem with very descriptive writing. The last line of the poem talks about the ride of sin. The poem seemed to be describing this all along. The term black along with sea does emit a spooky type feel. On The Horizon The Peaks Assembled is a poem that describes the mountains. The poem seemed to talk about the view of the mountains and how they carry on. In The Desert was a funny poem to me. Speaking of eating hearts and calling it bitter just seemed comical. Stephen Crane’s poetry didn’t seem as dark as I thought it would be. I had a preconceived notion that the poetry I would read would be very dark in tone, but there were a few that I thought were funny or light-hearted.