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 throwThe 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.
the repetition of row emphasises how many crosses there are. the end stop after we are the dead and the fact that it is such a short sentence shows how quickly they went from being alive to being th edead and shows how they cannot be awoken from being dead.
ReplyDeleteHello Everybody! :) The enjambment in the line 'Loved and were loved, and now we lie' going on to the line 'In Flanders fields' emphasises the continuity of their(he fallen soldiers) state. They are now dead and will be until the end of time. This is also effective in isolating the phrase 'In Flanders fields'. This emphasises 'Flanders fields', where they are buried and it is also the title. The phrase 'In Flanders fields' is repeated throughout the poem in the title and at the end of the last two stanzas, this also helps to emphasise 'Flanders fields'.
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