The poem that I used for this is called, "In Flanders Fields" and it is dedicated and written about a battle that took place during WW1 and happened in Belgium. The author, John McCrae fought in this battle serving his home country of Canada and fighting against the Germans.
The poem mainly describes the scene of the battle a few days after it has ended.
In the first lines of the poem he begins to talk about how after all this warfare is now over peace is beginning to flourish in the area again. He says the poppies begin to sprout again forming rows and rows of them. However, quickly he changes the mood and says the poppies mark our place meaning that they mark the spot of all the fallen soldiers from the battle.
In the next few lines he again implies that the area is much more peaceful now that the battling and warfare is over. He says that the larks begin to sing again because they are no longer scared of the shots from the guns. Adding on he says a line that lets us infer that before the deaths of all these soldiers there was chaos and lots of loud noise, but now that they are all dead the field is now silent besides the birds.
Towards the ending of the poem John moves on from the dead soldiers to the ones that are still alive. His first line of the third stanza is "Take up our quarrel with the foe." This is probably a message to remaining soldiers to keep the fight going and by the end hopefully come out successful. Also, another line said, "To you from failing hands we throw." which is thought to mean that the fallen soldiers believe they have failed and are handing the job off to the remaining soldiers.
The final lines of the poem still talk about how the surviving soldiers need to finish the job that the fallen ones started. For example, he says, "The torch; be yours to hold it up high" This line is telling the soldiers to almost keep the legacy going and take pride in being serving for their country. Along with that John says if the remaining fail the fallen soldiers will not be able to rest peacefully even though everything around them is finally at peace.
At this point in the poem John is basically talking from the dead soldiers point of view as one of the lines he says is, "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." All of these saying are used in past tense which even more shows that the battle is over along with the lives of the soldiers. Adding on he even says, "Loved, and were loved, and now we lie." just shows that the bodies of the soldiers just laying resting in the field slowing being replaced by poppies.
The poem that I used for this is called, "In Flanders Fields" and it is dedicated and written about a battle that took place during WW1 and happened in Belgium. The author, John McCrae fought in this battle serving his home country of Canada and fighting against the Germans.
The poem mainly describes the scene of the battle a few days after it has ended.
In the first lines of the poem he begins to talk about how after all this warfare is now over peace is beginning to flourish in the area again. He says the poppies begin to sprout again forming rows and rows of them. However, quickly he changes the mood and says the poppies mark our place meaning that they mark the spot of all the fallen soldiers from the battle.
In the next few lines he again implies that the area is much more peaceful now that the battling and warfare is over. He says that the larks begin to sing again because they are no longer scared of the shots from the guns. Adding on he says a line that lets us infer that before the deaths of all these soldiers there was chaos and lots of loud noise, but now that they are all dead the field is now silent besides the birds.
Towards the ending of the poem John moves on from the dead soldiers to the ones that are still alive. His first line of the third stanza is "Take up our quarrel with the foe." This is probably a message to remaining soldiers to keep the fight going and by the end hopefully come out successful. Also, another line said, "To you from failing hands we throw." which is thought to mean that the fallen soldiers believe they have failed and are handing the job off to the remaining soldiers.
The final lines of the poem still talk about how the surviving soldiers need to finish the job that the fallen ones started. For example, he says, "The torch; be yours to hold it up high" This line is telling the soldiers to almost keep the legacy going and take pride in being serving for their country. Along with that John says if the remaining fail the fallen soldiers will not be able to rest peacefully even though everything around them is finally at peace.
At this point in the poem John is basically talking from the dead soldiers point of view as one of the lines he says is, "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." All of these saying are used in past tense which even more shows that the battle is over along with the lives of the soldiers. Adding on he even says, "Loved, and were loved, and now we lie." just shows that the bodies of the soldiers just laying resting in the field slowing being replaced by poppies.
The poem that I used for this is called, "In Flanders Fields" and it is dedicated and written about a battle that took place during WW1 and happened in Belgium. The author, John McCrae fought in this battle serving his home country of Canada and fighting against the Germans.
The poem mainly describes the scene of the battle a few days after it has ended.
In the first lines of the poem he begins to talk about how after all this warfare is now over peace is beginning to flourish in the area again. He says the poppies begin to sprout again forming rows and rows of them. However, quickly he changes the mood and says the poppies mark our place meaning that they mark the spot of all the fallen soldiers from the battle.
In the next few lines he again implies that the area is much more peaceful now that the battling and warfare is over. He says that the larks begin to sing again because they are no longer scared of the shots from the guns. Adding on he says a line that lets us infer that before the deaths of all these soldiers there was chaos and lots of loud noise, but now that they are all dead the field is now silent besides the birds.
Towards the ending of the poem John moves on from the dead soldiers to the ones that are still alive. His first line of the third stanza is "Take up our quarrel with the foe." This is probably a message to remaining soldiers to keep the fight going and by the end hopefully come out successful. Also, another line said, "To you from failing hands we throw." which is thought to mean that the fallen soldiers believe they have failed and are handing the job off to the remaining soldiers.
The final lines of the poem still talk about how the surviving soldiers need to finish the job that the fallen ones started. For example, he says, "The torch; be yours to hold it up high" This line is telling the soldiers to almost keep the legacy going and take pride in being serving for their country. Along with that John says if the remaining fail the fallen soldiers will not be able to rest peacefully even though everything around them is finally at peace.
At this point in the poem John is basically talking from the dead soldiers point of view as one of the lines he says is, "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." All of these saying are used in past tense which even more shows that the battle is over along with the lives of the soldiers. Adding on he even says, "Loved, and were loved, and now we lie." just shows that the bodies of the soldiers just laying resting in the field slowing being replaced by poppies.
The poem that I used for this is called, "In Flanders Fields" and it is dedicated and written about a battle that took place during WW1 and happened in Belgium. The author, John McCrae fought in this battle serving his home country of Canada and fighting against the Germans.
The poem mainly describes the scene of the battle a few days after it has ended.
In the first lines of the poem he begins to talk about how after all this warfare is now over peace is beginning to flourish in the area again. He says the poppies begin to sprout again forming rows and rows of them. However, quickly he changes the mood and says the poppies mark our place meaning that they mark the spot of all the fallen soldiers from the battle.
In the next few lines he again implies that the area is much more peaceful now that the battling and warfare is over. He says that the larks begin to sing again because they are no longer scared of the shots from the guns. Adding on he says a line that lets us infer that before the deaths of all these soldiers there was chaos and lots of loud noise, but now that they are all dead the field is now silent besides the birds.
Towards the ending of the poem John moves on from the dead soldiers to the ones that are still alive. His first line of the third stanza is "Take up our quarrel with the foe." This is probably a message to remaining soldiers to keep the fight going and by the end hopefully come out successful. Also, another line said, "To you from failing hands we throw." which is thought to mean that the fallen soldiers believe they have failed and are handing the job off to the remaining soldiers.
The final lines of the poem still talk about how the surviving soldiers need to finish the job that the fallen ones started. For example, he says, "The torch; be yours to hold it up high" This line is telling the soldiers to almost keep the legacy going and take pride in being serving for their country. Along with that John says if the remaining fail the fallen soldiers will not be able to rest peacefully even though everything around them is finally at peace.
At this point in the poem John is basically talking from the dead soldiers point of view as one of the lines he says is, "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." All of these saying are used in past tense which even more shows that the battle is over along with the lives of the soldiers. Adding on he even says, "Loved, and were loved, and now we lie." just shows that the bodies of the soldiers just laying resting in the field slowing being replaced by poppies.
The poem that I used for this is called, "In Flanders Fields" and it is dedicated and written about a battle that took place during WW1 and happened in Belgium. The author, John McCrae fought in this battle serving his home country of Canada and fighting against the Germans.
The poem mainly describes the scene of the battle a few days after it has ended.
In the first lines of the poem he begins to talk about how after all this warfare is now over peace is beginning to flourish in the area again. He says the poppies begin to sprout again forming rows and rows of them. However, quickly he changes the mood and says the poppies mark our place meaning that they mark the spot of all the fallen soldiers from the battle.
In the next few lines he again implies that the area is much more peaceful now that the battling and warfare is over. He says that the larks begin to sing again because they are no longer scared of the shots from the guns. Adding on he says a line that lets us infer that before the deaths of all these soldiers there was chaos and lots of loud noise, but now that they are all dead the field is now silent besides the birds.
Towards the ending of the poem John moves on from the dead soldiers to the ones that are still alive. His first line of the third stanza is "Take up our quarrel with the foe." This is probably a message to remaining soldiers to keep the fight going and by the end hopefully come out successful. Also, another line said, "To you from failing hands we throw." which is thought to mean that the fallen soldiers believe they have failed and are handing the job off to the remaining soldiers.
The final lines of the poem still talk about how the surviving soldiers need to finish the job that the fallen ones started. For example, he says, "The torch; be yours to hold it up high" This line is telling the soldiers to almost keep the legacy going and take pride in being serving for their country. Along with that John says if the remaining fail the fallen soldiers will not be able to rest peacefully even though everything around them is finally at peace.
At this point in the poem John is basically talking from the dead soldiers point of view as one of the lines he says is, "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." All of these saying are used in past tense which even more shows that the battle is over along with the lives of the soldiers. Adding on he even says, "Loved, and were loved, and now we lie." just shows that the bodies of the soldiers just laying resting in the field slowing being replaced by poppies.
The poem that I used for this is called, "In Flanders Fields" and it is dedicated and written about a battle that took place during WW1 and happened in Belgium. The author, John McCrae fought in this battle serving his home country of Canada and fighting against the Germans.
The poem mainly describes the scene of the battle a few days after it has ended.
In the first lines of the poem he begins to talk about how after all this warfare is now over peace is beginning to flourish in the area again. He says the poppies begin to sprout again forming rows and rows of them. However, quickly he changes the mood and says the poppies mark our place meaning that they mark the spot of all the fallen soldiers from the battle.
In the next few lines he again implies that the area is much more peaceful now that the battling and warfare is over. He says that the larks begin to sing again because they are no longer scared of the shots from the guns. Adding on he says a line that lets us infer that before the deaths of all these soldiers there was chaos and lots of loud noise, but now that they are all dead the field is now silent besides the birds.
Towards the ending of the poem John moves on from the dead soldiers to the ones that are still alive. His first line of the third stanza is "Take up our quarrel with the foe." This is probably a message to remaining soldiers to keep the fight going and by the end hopefully come out successful. Also, another line said, "To you from failing hands we throw." which is thought to mean that the fallen soldiers believe they have failed and are handing the job off to the remaining soldiers.
The final lines of the poem still talk about how the surviving soldiers need to finish the job that the fallen ones started. For example, he says, "The torch; be yours to hold it up high" This line is telling the soldiers to almost keep the legacy going and take pride in being serving for their country. Along with that John says if the remaining fail the fallen soldiers will not be able to rest peacefully even though everything around them is finally at peace.
At this point in the poem John is basically talking from the dead soldiers point of view as one of the lines he says is, "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." All of these saying are used in past tense which even more shows that the battle is over along with the lives of the soldiers. Adding on he even says, "Loved, and were loved, and now we lie." just shows that the bodies of the soldiers just laying resting in the field slowing being replaced by poppies.
The poem that I used for this is called, "In Flanders Fields" and it is dedicated and written about a battle that took place during WW1 and happened in Belgium. The author, John McCrae fought in this battle serving his home country of Canada and fighting against the Germans.
The poem mainly describes the scene of the battle a few days after it has ended.
In the first lines of the poem he begins to talk about how after all this warfare is now over peace is beginning to flourish in the area again. He says the poppies begin to sprout again forming rows and rows of them. However, quickly he changes the mood and says the poppies mark our place meaning that they mark the spot of all the fallen soldiers from the battle.
In the next few lines he again implies that the area is much more peaceful now that the battling and warfare is over. He says that the larks begin to sing again because they are no longer scared of the shots from the guns. Adding on he says a line that lets us infer that before the deaths of all these soldiers there was chaos and lots of loud noise, but now that they are all dead the field is now silent besides the birds.
Towards the ending of the poem John moves on from the dead soldiers to the ones that are still alive. His first line of the third stanza is "Take up our quarrel with the foe." This is probably a message to remaining soldiers to keep the fight going and by the end hopefully come out successful. Also, another line said, "To you from failing hands we throw." which is thought to mean that the fallen soldiers believe they have failed and are handing the job off to the remaining soldiers.
The final lines of the poem still talk about how the surviving soldiers need to finish the job that the fallen ones started. For example, he says, "The torch; be yours to hold it up high" This line is telling the soldiers to almost keep the legacy going and take pride in being serving for their country. Along with that John says if the remaining fail the fallen soldiers will not be able to rest peacefully even though everything around them is finally at peace.
At this point in the poem John is basically talking from the dead soldiers point of view as one of the lines he says is, "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." All of these saying are used in past tense which even more shows that the battle is over along with the lives of the soldiers. Adding on he even says, "Loved, and were loved, and now we lie." just shows that the bodies of the soldiers just laying resting in the field slowing being replaced by poppies.