A Critical Analysis of “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain
“The War Prayer” is arguably one of Mark Twain’s most renowned poems. Written in the summer of 1905, it was is scathing response to wars of attrition chief among them being the Spanish-American and Philippine-American conflicts during this epoch in history. It is an indictment of wars fueled by religious zeal and nationalistic fervor (Zwick). […]