Was It Worth It?

A disagreement between two people

They bring their friends who share their opinions

Now on this playing ground they show their evil

Launching their thoughts like cannons and machines with big engines

They argue and argue for months without rest

Hurting their friends as much as the others

Maybe this wasn’t for the best

But the days are warming and bringing summers colours

So, one friend surrenders and admits his wrong doings

The other happily accepts and now so joyously

The winner had grown wings

but the bells rings and it’s back to work, the end of his royalty

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War is child’s play. In Brandon Henricksen’s Poem “Was It Worth It” we can see a theme of war and children arguing at school. Henricksen’s poem has a great theme and insight into real life with its metaphors and other devices.

Was It Worth It is a poem that goes over the theme of war and its immaturity. Brandon Henricksen’s poem relies on interpretation for the children playing because it is not so clear. The main hint the reader gets of this being about children is the last line in the poem “but the bells ring and it’s back to work”. This line is showing the reader how no matter what happened it was not worth it because it will just be back to reality and now having to mourn for the lost ones. There is also a huge understatement on war in this poem by saying “Hurting their friends” and how the whole poem is literally about children fighting and making death sound lighter and fighting not as bad.

Was It Worth It contains many metaphors with war and how people poorly go about how they feel and their thoughts by “Launching they thoughts like cannons” what Brandon Henricksen is trying to say is how everyone has their own opinion and stance on things and they show that they disagree with that person’s ideals by attacking them. But the way Henricksen brings this to life is by saying the cannon shoots thoughts out. This poem has a great universality to it because