1. Read the poem all the way through, twice
2. Think about any background knowledge that you have that will help you connect to the people, animals, or objects in the poem
In Flanders Field was written by Lt.Cnl John McCrae, a Canadian physician during WWI. This was his attempt to paint a picture of the Second Battle of Ypres, where it was believed the Germans used poison gas for the first time. After the battle Dr. McCrae was burying his friend at Essex Farm just North of Ypres, when he noticed the vast amounts of poppies that grew among the battlefield.
3. Try to make a picture in our head of what's happening in the poem
- In Flanders Fields
- In Flanders fields the poppies blow
- Between the crosses, row on row,
- That mark our place; and in the sky
- The larks, still bravely singing, fly
- Scarce heard amid the guns below.
- We are the dead. Short days ago
- We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
- Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
- In Flanders fields.
- Take up our quarrel with the foe:
- To you from failing hands, we throw
- The torch; be yours to hold it high.
- If ye break faith with us who die
- We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
- In Flanders fields.
- 4. What do you think the poem is about?
- When I read this poem I feel that it is the voice of the fallen. They ask for those still fighting to fight the good fight, remember them with honor and do them proud. For this is the only way that they may rest in piece on this hallowed ground.
- Textual Evidence Background Knowlege
- Take up our quarrel with the foe: Dr. In WWI
- To you from falling hands, we throw Beside medicine was an avid poet
- The torch; be yours to hold it high
- If ye break faith with us who die
- We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
- In Flanders fields.
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