Question

Discuss 'Asleep in tha valley' as an anti war poem ?

Answer 1

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In Arthur Rimbaud's 'Asleep In The Valley, the poet states the cruelty of war upon human beings. He presents the scenario of a war victim who is a dead soldier. The poet himself was a soldier in the Dutch Colonial Army and he faced war.

The scene is set to a green valley, where a stream flows slowly. There are mountain and flowers making the scene more beautiful than horror of war. But at last, when the dead soldier appears, everything is exposed. The blood holes present that war will bring war, not peace.

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