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    Looking back on World War I from a modern day perspective depicts a time of hardship and despair, but from the European viewpoint at the time WWI was a time filled with hope. The early twentieth century was a time that promoted national development in Europe, this desire motivated many countries to attempt expansion in order to prove their power. This caused tensions to rise between conflicting nations, which then produced two competing forces to arise. Each alliance went into World War I with the

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    Simpsons each week. On April 19th, 1987 after the shorts of The Simpsons were shown on The Tracy Ullman Shown they developed it into a half-hour prime time show. The episode I will be focusing on is Hurricane Neddy which focuses on the character Ned Flanders as his family goes through a rough time with his house being destroyed. The Simpsons uses several methods such as surrealism, characterisation and satire to engage the audience by adding humour and furthering the plot. The creators of this show

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    true is in war literature. Examples of this range from the lyrical genius of “Heart of Oak”, which recollects and celebrates the British Navy in the 19th Century, a time in which the Union Jack ruled the seas, to Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields” In NCdt. Iain Brooks’s “Dreams of Homes” the practice of memory through composition is present, in both the form and content of the sonnet, through the recollection of the life of an individual and more

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    speak to you just like songs do. I believe poetry accurately conveys the true horrors from this time. Poems give you a chance to see through the eyes of the poet. As I was looking through poems from World War I, one really caught my attention. In Flanders Fields by John McRae. This poem is heartfelt and is filled with powerful meaning that is written from the fallen soldier’s point of view. It’s about the soldiers who sacrificed themselves during the war. However, the soldiers want everyone to keep

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    Presentation of In Flanders Fields – script Our presentation is on In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. There is an irregular rhyme scheme = aabba aabc aabbac Almost all lines are 8 syllables long The rhythm sounds like that of a nursery rhyme – there is an iambic pentameter with a very regular line length and rhyme scheme. This is in great contrast to the actual words all about death and war. * Line 1 – ‘In Flanders Fields the poppies blow’ presents a nice

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    Essay on Flanders Fields

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    In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved, and were loved, and now we lieIn 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 dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders

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    There is a lack of “passing-bells for these who die as cattle….no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs.” Owen writes as though he feels that there is indifference among the death of his fellow soldiers. The poem, “In Flanders Fields,” is impregnated with imagery. “This poem was literally born of fire and blood during the hottest phase of the second battle of Ypres.” John McCrae had just lost his very close

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    analysing the poems Perhaps by Vera Brittain in 1919 and In Flanders Fields by John McRae in 1915. Perhaps and In Flanders Fields are both a Lyric poem and are about the feelings of grief and sorrow for loved ones lost in war. Perhaps was written by V. Brittain in response to the death of her late fiancé Roland Aubrey Leighton, who was killed at the age of 20 by a sniper in 1915, only four months after she had accepted his marriage proposal. In Flanders Fields was written by J.McRae in response to the death

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    vastly. Both McCrae and Owen were soldiers in World War I. With this similarity within their lives, it would be assumed that their poems and writings would be a little similar as well. That statement could not be more wrong. In McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields”, he uses such wording that makes his words flow and sound quite elegant. Though sounding very graceful and sophisticated – especially considering the grim topic he is writing about – he is not as detailed of a writer when compared to Owen

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    Jeffries of the story afterwards; bored, isolated, and with nothing better to do than to watch the world turn. He starts to watch other people go on with their mundane lives with a telescope out of boredom until he comes across the neighbor Ned Flanders acting very suspiciously, who becomes like Thornwald in Rear Window. The episode follows a similar storyline to that of the movie, with the wife gone for a long period of time and seeing both bury something in the ground, which could be either be

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