IN FLANDERS FIELDS
By Canadian, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
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
Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915
during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium
In Flander's fields is written in the poetic form of a French Rondeau
By Canadian, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
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
Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915
during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium
In Flander's fields is written in the poetic form of a French Rondeau
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Link to "Poppies in three variations" text online.
Once we have finished our in class discussion you will be expected to write your own variation on a poem of your choice.
Your variation should:
Rubric ... an adapted version of this rubric will be used in class see downloadable file below. This assignment is worth 30 marks: 10 Marks will be allocated in the Application Strand and 20 will be allocated in the Knowledge and Understanding Strand It is due 10 days from the day we start the "Poppies" assignment so you have plenty of time to work on this. Don't stress over this... it is meant to be fun!
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