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Why is Flanders Field such a Just some reasons why Flanders
Field is such a popular/famous
poem today. Thanks.
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Here is a link that explains the background of the poem, who wrote it, etc. http://72.14.253.104/search?q= cache:-CA8IQ6aA7UJ:www.arlingt oncemetery.net/flanders.htm+fl anders+field&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd= 1&gl=us What this won't tell you is "why" the poem is still so popular today. The reason for its popularity is that it is a simple poem that says much in very few lines. It basically says that the dead will not rest unless those who follow after them are willing to carry on the fight they gave up their lives for...that the "battle" against good and evil is never won and that the fallen soldier will only truly rest when they know those who come after them have not forgotten the reason they fought and died. Think of Viet Nam, Korea, Bosnia, Somalia, Iraq...in each of these cases soldiers have died and in each case those who came back said their biggest fear was that nobody would know "they" sacrificed all they had so that others would be safe. There will always be an "enemy", there will always be tyrannts, and there will always be the fallen. This is why it is still so "popular"...the combination of its message, the motivation behind the man who wrote it, and its longevity all contribute to its popularity. |
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Where can I buy a Lion of I'm a fan of the Tour de
France. Everytime I watch it,
I see those sweet black and
yellow Flanders flags. I've
been searching the internet
for some time now and still
can't find anywhere that I can
buy one. Do you know where I
can get one?
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try right here i found it in less than 10 seconds on google. |
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How long will it take to drive I need to travel from
Flanders, NJ to Danbury, CT
next week at 10AM and
absolutely need to be there by
12:30PM. Google Maps says 1
hour 50 minutes, but I'm
seeing if there's anyone who
understands the local traffic
patterns that can tell me if
it's going to be much longer
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I would budget 3 hours. Use dto live in NJ but with the bridge traffic that is why I am padding this trip for you. |
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What is the mood in the first Here's the poem:
In Flanders fields the poppies
blow (1)
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.
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I did this a few weeks ago hold on..... These are answers i got hope it helps (SORRY ITS SOO LONG) How would you personaly interpret In Flanders Fields? A war poem the text is below: In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915 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. Member since: November 26, 2006 Total points: 8,160 (Level 5) Points earned this week: --% Best answer rdenig_male 0 Best Answer - Chosen By You During WW1 poppies flowered all over the land where the fighting had been taking place - as they do in any recently disturbed soil. For that reason, we British still wear poppies in our buttonholes in November to remember the dead. The crosses are figurative, marking the places where millions of men died. The lark is a symbol that however awful man is to man, nature still rules. The second stanza makes it clear that the dead who fell in battle are talking - they point out that until they were killed they were just men like any other men and they shared all the emotions the living still feel. They ask the living to continue the fight and they pass on a metaphorical torch, saying that they can not rest easy in their graves if the living do not continue the battle. I don't like this last stanza, as it does encourage young men to go on and kill other young men, merely because they are the foe. The cause is thought to be a noble one - hence the reference to the torch which is being handed on. Perhaps the best way to have kept faith with the dead would to have been to arrange an honourable peace in order that others did not have to die and the world be spared a century of conflict. The poem was written in 1915 when perhaps a few were still all 'gung ho' about the war. Read the poems of Wilfred Owen (who was killed in the last days of the fighting) to get a different perspective 3 0 Your Rating: Thank you i got the same i just needed some reasurance, i have now moved on to Wilfred owen and an currently disecting Anthum for doomed youth Thank you Add/View comments (0) See More Questions in History Comments [ Currently no comments. ] Check Spelling Add a comment Please limit to 300 characters. Other AnswersShow: All answersOldest to newestNewest to oldestRated highest to lowestTotal rating 0 or higherTotal rating higher than -2Total rating higher than -5 Answer hidden due to its low rating Hide antiekma…Member since: April 27, 2006 Total points: 13,171 (Level 6) Points earned this week: --% Best answer antiekmama 0 Thank you for listing the poem. I was born in the Flanders and lived there during the second war. There is a museum , a fabulous one in Ypres Belgium which shows us what is was like in vivid details. Outside there is a memorial to the British soldiers lost there and every night, without exception there are buses coming to the site and the British people return with wreaths made of poppies. They are young and old and they probably no longer know relatives or friends who left their lives in Belgium but they still come to honor them and taps is being plaid at 8 pm. Poppies still grow in Flander fields but under them is the earth and therein are all the memories. The sounds of guns, the cries for help, the smell of death. It is all still there but the Belgians , the old ones such as I, remember the liberation and the heroes in 2 wars. I do hope that these heroes do sleep while the poppies grow. 4 months ago - Report Abuse 2 0 by antiekmama 4 months ago Answer hidden due to its low rating Show Total rating: 2 2 0 Answer hidden due to its low rating Hide prov356g…Member since: October 22, 2006 Total points: 1,047 (Level 3) Points earned this week: --% Best answer prov356girl 0 1 - Just a statement of grief over the futility of WWI - the horrendous death, the massacres... He wrote this after his friend was obliterated by an artillery shell - in twenty minutes at his graveside. 2 - a challenge to subsequent generations to continue to fight for freedom from tyrants, not to be complacent so that their sacrifice would not be in vain |
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I am trying to find where to I need Tirol, Austria;
Bulacan, Philippines;
Flanders, Belgium; Brussels,
Belgium flag patches for a
present for my wife any help
will be greatly appreciated.
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What are flag patches? The "real" flags off Flanders and Belgium can be bought in most big cities here in Belgium. Don't know about the Brussels flag though... Try e-bay...you could get lucky... |
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