War and Peace

War and Peace

By Cam T

          The poem War and Peace by Cam T. is about someone who doesn't like war because they see it as a fire, destruction, and a murder. The mood of the poem is mostly sad. I think this because the last line states, "my mind forces me to war, but my heart desires peace". Which I think means that he wants peace, but he's kind of sad or maybe mad that war seems to be the only way to do so. 

This poem doesn’t follow any particular rhyme scheme but throughout the poem some alternate rhyme does occur. War and Peace uses mostly similes throughout the poem.

Some similes were, “peace is like a puzzle, confusing, tough to complete”. I think this stanza means that finding peace is very hard to do. There is always some sort of disagreement or dispute that is hard to overcome. Another simile is, “war is like destruction, peace is the ability to cope”. This means to me that war tends to ruin everything in its path. It destroys people, land, and other things. But peace is the only thing that keeps some going in a war. It is seen that war is the only way to obtain peace which helps some cope with the point that innocent people are dying just because of this war. They see peace as your reason to keep going.

Another stanza states, “peace is like a lion, majestic but trapped in a cage”. I think this means that peace can be very powerful like a lion, but during war it seems like it’s impossible to get, like it’s “trapped in a cage”.

Another simile in this poem is, “war is as dark as murder, killing everyday.” I think this means that war is really no different than murder. You may kill people in war for a different reason than why people commit murder, but in the end, innocent people are being killed.

One stanza states, “my mind forces me to war, but my heart desires peace”. I think this means that even people serving in the war may not like what they do really, but they realize that they are doing it for a reason. Even though a lot of the time they just want peace among everyone.

I personally liked this poem because it reminds you of what is going on in the world that you probably don’t even think about. It makes you think about how there are people out there fighting for your freedom even though they might not like everything about their job. This is something I think a lot of us take for granted.