Poetry McCrae, John: In Flanders Fields, v1 6 Jul 2008

[Madam Broshkina]

In Flanders Fields is one of the most famous poems about World War I, and has been called "the most popular poem" produced by the war. It is written in the form of a French rondeau. Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote it on May 3, 1915, after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, the day before. The poem was first published on December 8, that year in Punch magazine.

Includes the following poems:

In Flanders Fields
The Anxious Dead
The Warrior
Isandlwana
The Unconquered Dead
The Captain
The Song of the Derelict
Quebec
Then and Now
Unsolved
The Hope of My Heart
Penance
Slumber Songs
The Oldest Drama
Recompense
Mine Host
Equality
Anarchy
Disarmament
The Dead Master
The Harvest of the Sea
The Dying of Pere Pierre
Eventide
A Song of Comfort
The Pilgrims
The Shadow of the Cross
The Night Cometh
In Due Season

With an Essay in Character by Sir Andrew Macphail

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