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Poetic Technique Annotations

Stanza 1
Visual imagery/symbolism

consonance

? ?
Setting

ryhme

In Flanders fields the poppies blow ?

Between the crosses, row on row,


That mark our place; and in the sky Tone
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Symbolism Scarce heard amid the guns below.

Juxtaposition Personificatio
n
?

personification

Questions on Stanza 1:
1. Fill in the missing techniques
2. Go through the poem and fill in the rhyme scheme for all three stanzas. How does the
rhyming pattern enhance the poem?
3. Location is an important component of this poem. How has the poet, John McCrae,
developed details of the setting?
4. This stanza contains two examples of juxtaposition.
Stanza 2
Metaphor

Repetition
?

Temporal shift

Collective pronoun
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
Juxtaposition

In Flanders fields.
Emotive language

Repetition
Setting

Refrain

Questions on Stanza 2:
5. Fill in the missing techniques
6. Define the term enjambment. What makes this technique so important in this line?
7. How has the speaker represented the movement of time in this poem? What is the
purpose of this?
8. The speaker breaks up line one of the poem with the use of a caesura. What is the
effect off ending the sentence mid line?
Stanza 3

Symbolism
Metaphor Hyperbole

Inclusive language

Take up our quarrel with the foe: Collective pronoun


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.
Visual imagery

Repetition Setting

Refrain

Questions on Stanza 3:
1. Fill in the missing techniques
2. Lines 9 and 15 ends with a refrain. What is a refrain and why do you think it has been
used in this poem?
3. This final stanza begins with a call to arms. What is the speaker asking of the reader?
4. There are quite a few examples of symbolism in this poem. Choose 2 examples of
symbolism and explain the purpose of each.
5. The speaker addresses the audience directly in this stanza, what is the effect of this
technique?
6. Contrast and imagery are an important part of this poem. Explain the effect of these
two techniques within this poem.
Complete 2 PEAL paragraphs which compares and contrasts the representation of war in
Dulce et Decorum Est and In Flanders Field.

On the ‘Week 3’ canvas page, there are two documents named:


1) In Flanders Field Themes
2) In Flanders Field
Complete these optional extension documents.

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