graphs examine three poems in Crane's compilations The Black Rider and Other Lines (1905) and War is Kind (1899) with the intention of exploring the man versus god and other religious elements contained within.
             In "A God in Wrath," Crane verbally assaults the reader with reverberating waves of cynicism especially revealing and powerful in a poem of such short length. Crane struggled from an early age with the "masses" approach to organized religion, and his mother's focused guidance had only the reverse intended effect. Crane believed in grasping the reality in life, and certainly the faith and blind hope necessary for religious values did not appeal to this fast-paced writer. "A God in Wrath" addresses the seemingly ridiculous mindset held by the religious populace that everything God does is wondrous and right while men are all wicked. In the poem, Crane doesn't even refer to the immortal being as God, rather he describes "a god in wrath." This can only further point to C
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