Kumrads Die Because They're Told
Kumrads Die Because They're Told - meaning Summary
Obedience and Ironic Comradeship
Cummings satirizes blind political loyalty by depicting "kumrads" who die because they are told, unafraid to follow group commands yet unable to love. The poem mixes playful diction and bitter irony to show comradeship as ritualized, self-negating behavior marked by altruistic pretence, fear, and concealed hatred. Its voice alternates mockery and confession, suggesting both critique of collective conformity and the speaker’s conflicted complicity.
Read Complete Analyseskumrads die because they're told) kumrads die before they're old (kumrads aren't afraid to die kumrads don't and kumrads won't believe in life)and death knows whie (all good kumrads you can tell by their altruistic smell moscow pipes good kumrads dance) kumrads enjoy s.freud knows whoy the hope that you may mess your pance every kumrad is a bit of quite unmitigated hate (travelling in a futile groove god knows why) and so do i (because they are afraid to love
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