The gift in wartime by Tran Mong Tu

  • The poem’s central issue is the repercussions of human warfare.
  • Peace, pleasure, and wealth are never brought by war.
  • Only disparity and a bleak future can be guaranteed by war.
  • The only things that war brings us are death, blood, agony, loss, sadness, devastation, and downfall.
  • The poet has employed literary elements such as sarcasm, metaphor, apostrophe, anaphora, and imageries to leave an effect on the readers.
  • The speaker, who is facing the death of her beloved in a war, addresses him directly, contrasting what she has to offer him – her lost youth and hopes – with what he has to offer her – his death, grave, medals, and shrapnel.
  • The inhuman features of war and their impact on mankind are the central themes in this poem.
  • The speaker has painted a dreadful image of war, which has ripped away all of her life’s happiness.
  • Tran Mong Tu’s experiences throughout the Vietnam War are chronicled in "The Gift in Wartime."
  • According to the author, war is a terrible event that causes young brides to be widowed.
  • She describes how young soldiers return home with unused medals and silver stars still gleaming in their still bodies.
  • The poem is written in the form of a dramatic monologue, with the speaker speaking to an unknown “you,” who is actually her spouse.
  • On the surface, it appears to be a simple recounting of the presents she presented to her husband and the gifts he gave her in return.
  • She placed a rose on his grave and draped her bridal garment over it.
  • She’s given him her youth, prime time, love, and a beautiful spring.
  • The husband’s gifts in return are his medals, badges, and his uniform, which is stained with his blood and smells like his enemy’s blood.
  • Now that he is no longer alive, his corpse has also been a gift to her.
  • She closes by expressing her desire to meet him in the future life.
  • She’ll retain the shrapnel as a memento to help them remember and recognize one other in the hereafter.”



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