# data[].attributes.body
What soft consonants are repeated?
The soft consonants that are repeated are f, s and l. They make the poem feel smooth.

What atmosphere does this create in the poem? What was life like before the war?
Life before the war seemed better, smoother. The atmosphere that it creates seems sad and melancholic.

# data[].attributes.body
What literary devices are used in this stanza?
Alliteration in l : loved and were loved, and now we lie: loved, loved, lie
This makes the poem soft.
There is a personification of the Dead. The word is capitalized to show they are one big group.
There is an alliteration in s: saw sunset . The atmosphere is full of  sadness and nostalgia for the good things in life they will never see or feel again.
Rhyme: ago, glow

# data[].attributes.body
Why do you think the poet capitalized the Dead in "We are the Dead?"
They are specific people not just dead people like a proper noun is a specific person, place or thing.
They have an identity.

# data[].attributes.headline
What is the rhyming Scheme in Stanza 2: It is a, a, b, c.   Only the first two verses rhyme. The change of rythm maybe shows that their life is finished.                 What atmosphere does this create in the poem?    It feels sad and nostalgic.                Why do you think the last line does not rhyme and is so short? The last line The last line is short and  doesn’t rhyme because it is a reminder of what they are now: part of a field. They have been reduced to nothing but soil.

# data[].attributes.subject
What is the rhyming Scheme in Stanza 2: It is a, a, b, c.   Only the first two verses rhyme. The change of rythm maybe shows that their life is finished.                 What atmosphere does this create in the poem?    It feels sad and nostalgic.                Why do you think the last line does not rhyme and is so short? The last line The last line is short and  doesn’t rhyme because it is a reminder of what they are now: part of a field. They have been reduced to nothing but soil.

# data[].attributes.body
1-He was Canadian
2-He was a medic in the war
3-He died of pneumonia while working in a hospital.

# data[].attributes.body
Picture/source

# data[].attributes.body
Allied Forces: France, Belgium, Russia ,the United States of America and Serbia

Central Forces:Austria- Hungary, Germany and the Ottoman Empire Bulgaria

# data[].attributes.headline
When did World War I begin and end precisely?

# data[].attributes.subject
When did World War I begin and end precisely?

# data[].attributes.body
It started on July 28 ,1914 and ended  on November 11, 1918.

# data[].attributes.headline
Why did this war occur (what was each side wanting)?

# data[].attributes.subject
Why did this war occur (what was each side wanting)?

# data[].attributes.body
The war broke out because after a Serbian assassinated the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this Empire declared war to Serbia. Through a system of alliances, Russia entered the war to protect Serbia and so on and so forth.

Each side wanted more land.

# data[].attributes.body
The Battle’s raged in France and Belgium mostly.

# data[].attributes.body
This war was particularly bloody because of the new invention of machine guns , poison gas, planes and submarines.

# data[].attributes.headline
World War I is referred to as The War of the Trenches. Why?

# data[].attributes.subject
World War I is referred to as The War of the Trenches. Why?

# data[].attributes.body
It was called the war of the trenches because both sides dug trenches and shot at each other in them

# data[].attributes.body
How many people died?
37 million people died in World War One.

# data[].attributes.body
Flanders fields are in Belgium

# data[].attributes.body
The death of his friend,Alexis Hemler inspired this poem.

# data[].attributes.headline
How many World War I battles raged there? Who did they oppose?

# data[].attributes.subject
How many World War I battles raged there? Who did they oppose?

# data[].attributes.body
There were 5 battles that raged in Flanders Fields around Ypres during World War 1 in Belgium

# data[].attributes.headline
After which of these battles did John McCRae write his famous poem?

# data[].attributes.subject
After which of these battles did John McCRae write his famous poem?

# data[].attributes.body
John Mccrae wrote his poem after the Second Battle Of Ypres.

# data[].attributes.headline
How many casualities were there during this specific battle?

# data[].attributes.subject
How many casualities were there during this specific battle?

# data[].attributes.body
There were 34 933 casualties in the second battle of Ypres.

# data[].attributes.headline
Picture of Flanders Fields' World War I Cemetary

# data[].attributes.subject
Picture of Flanders Fields' World War I Cemetary

# data[].attributes.body
lark:songbird
scarce: insufficient amounts for the demand
dawn:the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise
quarrel:a heated argument
foe:an enemy
torch:a portable means of illumination
ye: you in the olden days
faith:complete trust or confidence
amid:surrounded by

# data[].attributes.body
The red of the poppies represents blood and life.
Poppies represent the blood of those who died.
Now they have also come to represent the peace ,sleep and death of the soldiers.
Also they are as abundant in the fields as the WWI dead.

# data[].attributes.body
People wear poppies because it symbolizes remembrance of those who died.
They are worn on November 11 every year to underline the end of WWI.

# data[].attributes.headline
What is the rhyming scheme of stanza 1  a,a,b,b,a

# data[].attributes.subject
What is the rhyming scheme of stanza 1  a,a,b,b,a

# data[].attributes.body
It creates a sort of rhythmic song just like the bird, the lark, which is singing in the sky.

What atmosphere does this create in the poem?
It gives a solemn, serious atmosphere to the poem.

# data[].attributes.headline
Who are the dead in the poem? (nationality, age)

# data[].attributes.subject
Who are the dead in the poem? (nationality, age)

# data[].attributes.body
The soldiers are dead. They were young men, approximately 18-30 and on average  25 years old. They were from Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, Russia, Italy and Great-Britain. There were Canadians and later (after 1917), Americans.

# data[].attributes.headline
Why did McCrae choose to write the poem as if it were spoken by the dead?

# data[].attributes.subject
Why did McCrae choose to write the poem as if it were spoken by the dead?

# data[].attributes.body
He gave a voice to people who could not talk anymore, the dead,  and who sacrificed everything for freedom in their nations.
John McCRae speaks in their names.

# data[].attributes.body
They are speaking to the living.

# data[].attributes.body
What atmosphere does this create in the poem?
a, a, b, b, a
It is regular and has the feel of a lullaby or a something soothing.
The dead are asleep.

# data[].attributes.body
The sky and land are both mentioned in the same verse to contrast the calm sky and the raging battle below. Also, in the sky, there is a lark which is alive while on the fields, everyone is dead.

# data[].attributes.headline
What is the rhyming scheme of stanza 3? a, a, b, b, a, c,

# data[].attributes.subject
What is the rhyming scheme of stanza 3? a, a, b, b, a, c,

# data[].attributes.body
What atmosphere does this create in the poem?
It gives hope that someone will stand up and finish what they started.

The last verse of stanza 2 is the same as the last verse in stanza 3. Why do you think McCRae repeated these words?
That’s where they are , where the soldiers lie and where poppies grow. It's repeated because he wants us to remember this place forever.

# data[].attributes.body
Why is stanza a call to action? It  is a call to action because they are telling the others to take up the battle they sacrificed themselves for.
What might the verses "If he break faith with us who die/ We shall not sleep..." mean?
It means they would not die in vain and their spirits would not rest until the war came to an end.

# data[].attributes.body
In poetry, enjambment is when a verse runs over from one line to another and is completed by punctuation in a middle of a verse.

What is the enjambment in this poem?
To you from failing hands we throw the torch;
The torch is the enjambment

What does an enjambment do to the words that are separated from the main verse?
It gives it a small pause, it makes you think, it empahizes how important the word is.

# data[].attributes.headline
Words/ Stanza/ Message I liked most about Flanders Fields

# data[].attributes.subject
Words/ Stanza/ Message I liked most about Flanders Fields

# data[].attributes.body
John McCrae

# data[].attributes.body
I like how they talk about the soldiers who risk their lives to help us live ours

# data[].attributes.body
The sky, the land, the larks the poppies are all part of nature.
The gun is the only man-made thing mentioned in the poem.
It is as if man brings destruction.

# data[].attributes.headline
Aida: I like sunset because of all the warm colors that make you feel cozy and loved

# data[].attributes.subject
Aida: I like sunset because of all the warm colors that make you feel cozy and loved

# data[].attributes.body
I like poppies because it reminds me of nature and happiness  but it also sad because my great grandmother past away and I miss her

# data[].attributes.body
1-- The sky was beautiful today at _______dawn_______.
2- The tune of this ______lark______ fills  e with happiness.
3- She is a religious person n who has ___faith______
4- In battles, armies try to defeat their _____foe________.
5- I had a terrible ____quarrel___ with Dad yesterday, but I still love him.
6- He passed the ___torch______ so I could see the way.
7- Did __ye_____ bring the magic potion to me?
8- Food rations were ____scarce____ during the war.
9-_________Amid__________ the joyful screams, the students did not hear their teacher.

# data[].attributes.body
Test

# data[].attributes.body
Aurélien:
I like the historical background of it because it talks about the World War One.

# data[].attributes.headline
Margaux :I like the fact that the death of his friend inspired him to write this poem.

# data[].attributes.subject
Margaux :I like the fact that the death of his friend inspired him to write this poem.

# data[].attributes.body
Marshall-“Scarce heard amid the guns below” I, like that passage because it shows all the violence in this battle and how s intense
it was.

# data[].attributes.body
I like the part where it says they you should “take up the quarrel with the foe” because

# data[].attributes.body
I like the fact that the larks still sing while they hear gun shots

# data[].attributes.body
My favorite passage is "The torch, be yours to hold it high"

# data[].attributes.body
Jake:what I like about this poem is that is has a very sad message.

# data[].attributes.headline
I like the part about the Larks...°~° ~Mary Frances :P

# data[].attributes.subject
I like the part about the Larks...°~° ~Mary Frances :P

# data[].attributes.body
I like how John McRae wove the poem, how he used precise and moving words and how the dead are personified.

# data[].attributes.body
Ya YYYYYYYYEEEEEETTTTTTT