A Nation Dividing and Expanding: Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism — Test

Question 17 • Language Arts 11

In the poem "War Is Kind," which best describes the effect of the repetition of the lines “Do not weep. War is kind”?

Answer

These lines emphasize the harshness of the scenes the speaker describes.

These lines illustrate the fact that people react very differently to suffering.

These lines suggest that people who suffer from war are overreacting.

These lines highlight the idea that war is not as brutal as people think.

Explanation

The repeated line “Do not weep. War is kind” sounds bitterly ironic because the poem describes people suffering and dying in war. Repeating it sharpens the contrast between the speaker’s command not to cry and the brutal scenes being described. So the lines emphasize the harshness of those scenes, rather than suggesting war is truly kind.

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