The poems War Song by a warrior from the Crow tribe and Song of War by an individual from the Blackfeet contrast courage through the Crow’s views on the eternal bliss of the afterlife, which gives a neutral view on battle and the Blackfeet fear of death and the fate that follows the dangerous risks of war. Song of War is about a warrior who fears going into battle and prays that he will be saved from going, while War Song is about not anxiously anticipating war and death, emphasizing that even if you might not live forever on Earth, you will live forever in heaven. These poems are contradicting of one another. In the Blackfeet poem, lines 2-3 state, “help me/ that I may be saved from my dream!”. The exclamatory sentence helps to express pleading
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The word “pity”, shows that the warrior is aware that going to war could cause scarring and even lead to his death. He asks to a supernatural force to feel sympathy on his behalf, therefore allowing his pain to be understood and avoid the suffering of entering war. On the contrary, the Crow poem’s perspective is rather different. In line 3, the poem states, “Do not be afraid”. This shows how fearless the Crow people are, due to their view on war. It is a very direct command that adds an almost comforting feel due to its affirmative tone, as if asking a soldier why he is afraid when there is nothing to be afraid of. Lines 1-2 of the poem also talk about how heaven is eternal and how the elderly are not far from reaching the bliss of it. It states, “Old people are poorly off”(2). The “poorly off” references the point from before in which they are closer to the peace of heaven. This shows how their people are more neutral on the topic of war because they neither fear it or are fully for it. Instead, it is suggesting that death should not be feared of, but instead is a pathway into a more luxurious
The word “pity”, shows that the warrior is aware that going to war could cause scarring and even lead to his death. He asks to a supernatural force to feel sympathy on his behalf, therefore allowing his pain to be understood and avoid the suffering of entering war. On the contrary, the Crow poem’s perspective is rather different. In line 3, the poem states, “Do not be afraid”. This shows how fearless the Crow people are, due to their view on war. It is a very direct command that adds an almost comforting feel due to its affirmative tone, as if asking a soldier why he is afraid when there is nothing to be afraid of. Lines 1-2 of the poem also talk about how heaven is eternal and how the elderly are not far from reaching the bliss of it. It states, “Old people are poorly off”(2). The “poorly off” references the point from before in which they are closer to the peace of heaven. This shows how their people are more neutral on the topic of war because they neither fear it or are fully for it. Instead, it is suggesting that death should not be feared of, but instead is a pathway into a more luxurious