Casualties of War
For some a subject to bore,
So they often ignore,
The deaths of many men.
The casualties of war,
Are filled with blood and gore,
Yet war springs up time and time again.
For many long nights
In a country's barren heights,
A skirmish over land.
Over several fights,
Scores are set right,
But blood is on his hands.
His friends have fallen dead,
And he wishes it were him instead,
For he is now alone.
Overwhelmed with dread,
His emotions misled,
His confidence dethroned.
About this poem
This poem is about a soldier and his loss of many friends to casualties of war. In the first two stanzas of the poem, the poem is addressing war itself, and after starts to focus in on a single soldier. I included some hidden/ dual meanings in some o f the stanzas of my poem.
Written on May 17, 2021
Submitted by 07gwright on April 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 37 sec read
- 0 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | A A B A A B C C X C X X D D X D D X |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Casualties of War" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/126294/casualties-of-war>.
Discuss the poem Casualties of War with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In