Hello, blogging world. Today for the bonus Activity it's all about the Poem Flanders field. We have to describe why we like it, how it made us feel things like that. New Zealand settled into a period of relative calm. The calm lasted for 15 years until it was interrupted by world war one. The war lasted for almost 5 years and killed 18,000 New Zealand. With the 17 billion men and woman. The Poem Flanders Field is attributed to the many men and women who fought for our freedom. My school has an ANZAC day every year and 2 students whose relatives fought for our freedom. Here is the poem.
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
I really enjoy this poem because it is all about the people who fought for us and the words make the poem sound respectful and cool at the same time. This poem makes me feel happy that the world is basically now in a peace.
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Annyeonghaseyo Lily,
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking time to really examine the poem, I like that you mentioned how respectful and cool it was. I’m sure the poet intended for the poem to help the readers feel a little bit of peace about a terrible and sad time. A suggestion for next time, maybe you could add a picture that expresses what you felt about the poem.
To me the poem feels sad but at the same time calming. It’s hard to think about all the lives that were lost defending the freedom and safety of our country, but it makes you appreciate what they did even more. I am happy we honour our fallen soldiers and other war heroes every year on the 25th of April. Do you know what day this is called?
Toe feiloa’i fo’i,
Cia.