Project Gutenberg 2009-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 79 Hunt, Leigh 1784 1859 Hunt, James Henry Leigh Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem Reading ease score: 56.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem by Leigh Hunt" is a thought-provoking poem written in the early 19th century, specifically during the Victorian era. This literary piece serves as a critique of war and explores the contrasting themes of military might versus intellectual strength. Through allegorical characters, the poem encapsulates the horrors of battle and denounces the glorification of warfare. The narrative follows the titular characters—Captain Sword, who embodies the militaristic approach of solving disputes through violence, and Captain Pen, who represents the power of intellect and reason. The poem portrays Captain Sword's progression from being celebrated as a heroic figure in combat to being ultimately disillusioned and repulsed by the devastating realities of war. Conversely, Captain Pen garners the loyalty and respect of society through education, peaceful discourse, and moral authority. The clash between these two captains highlights the need to question conventional notions of valor and the consequences of violence, leading to a powerful conclusion that advocates for a world guided by knowledge and compassion rather than bloodshed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en War poetry, English Protest poetry, English Peace -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Browsing: Fiction 130074 130098 2024-10-12T08:26:06.825308 2023-09-12T11:16:55.520030 text/html text/html 129960 2021-01-04T19:50:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 535218 2021-01-04T19:50:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 634379 2024-10-12T08:26:14.636257 application/epub+zip 633927 2024-10-12T08:26:10.732298 application/epub+zip 118864 2024-10-12T08:26:09.252296 application/epub+zip 755548 2024-10-12T08:26:17.173234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 736371 2024-10-12T08:26:13.457295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230383 2022-09-13T07:58:07.506019 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114342 114125 2024-10-12T08:26:06.116301 2023-09-12T11:16:54.965039 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 114103 2021-01-04T19:50:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 43749 2021-01-04T19:50:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 114095 2021-01-04T19:50:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43696 2021-01-04T19:50:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22022 2024-10-12T08:26:17.316233 application/rdf+xml 13794 2024-10-12T08:26:09.797268 image/jpeg 3163 2024-10-12T08:26:09.522284 image/jpeg 621229 2024-10-12T08:26:06.857339 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia