Thanksgiving for a National Victory
The speaker denounces people who kill men and thank God, demands that they stop, and declares that God will reject their thanks for murder.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Satirical Poetry, Anti-War Literature · 43 words
First lines
Ye hypocrites! are these your pranks? / To murder men and give God thanks! / Desist, for shame! -proceed no further; / God won't accept your thanks for Murther!
Genres
- Epigram — Four rhyming lines deliver a pointed rebuke ending with God's rejection of thanks for murder.
- Satirical Poetry — The speaker exposes hypocrisy by pairing the killing of men with expressions of gratitude to God.
- Anti-War Literature — Under a title announcing a national victory, the speaker condemns killing as murder and demands that it cease.
Tags
religious hypocrisy · war · murder · thanksgiving · satire · epigram
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Epigram, Satirical Poetry, Anti-War Literature
- Length: 43 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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