Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The Little Girl Saw Her First Troop Parade

-          Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
 This poem dramatically exposes the bitter reality of war through the innocent perspective of a young girl. When the little girl saw the parade for the first time, she asked what they were. She got the answer that they were soldiers. Then she asked again what the soldiers were. Another answer she got that they were for war. The soldiers fight and try to kill as many foes as they can. The girl studied for some time and said the soldiers start the war but nobody returns alive. This is the darkest picture of war. 

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