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  • In Flanders Field

    2009-09-30 9:34AM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
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    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.

    John McCrae

    I found this poem on the PoemHunter.com website. I had heard of it but never read it. The first 2 verses I found to be poignant and chilling, but I was disengaged by the final verse’s call to arms. How disappointing.

    Check out Jacqui BB’s Creative Journey blog where she hosts the Poetry Wednesday tour. There you will find a list of poems other people have blogged today. Feel free to blog one yourself.

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  • leomonkey
    留言於2009-10-16 12:26PM
    thanks for your interpretation JRS
  • JRS
    留言於2009-10-09 12:52PM [举报]
    My 5th Grade class actually recited this poem for Veterans Day.  The only part I can remember by heart now is the title!  I'm glad you posted this up.  

    I really didn't understand the words as a 5th grader, but the whole poem is very moving as it reminds those who are still alive and fighting for freedom to never forget those whose lives were taken for that very same quest.  

    To me the first verse is about the present:  the fresh graves of soldiers who battled and died.  The second verse reminds us that in the immediate past, the persons buried were experiencing life, just as we are.  The third verse is about the future:  never forget those who have fallen and fulfill the destiny least the living be haunted by those who sacrified their lives.

    It's almost like Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with the past, present and future time periods.
  • leomonkey
    留言於2009-10-03 10:30AM
    Thanks for your comment and thanks also for the interesting info on this web page - http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm

    It is very interesting to read of the background to this poem
  • stargazer234
    留言於2009-10-02 10:12PM [举报]
    I haven't read or heard that in years... thanks for reminding me.  I feel the same way you do about it.

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