A Study Guide for John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields"
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In Flanders Fields
John McCrae
1915
Introduction
One of Canada’s best-known poems, In Flanders Fields
was written on May 2, 1915, when Canadian serviceman John McCrae was stationed at an army hospital in Flanders, Belgium, during World War I. McCrae was not satisfied with the poem, and he threw it away, but another officer retrieved it and sent it to several publications in England. Punch magazine published the poem in December of that year.
In Flanders Fields
was a huge success almost immediately, and it was reprinted in newspapers across the world, inspiring soldiers and touching the hearts of patriots at home. In 1917 the Canadian government used In Flanders Fields
in its advertisements for Victory Loan Bonds, with unimaginable success: the bonds raised $400 million for the war effort. The poem was also credited with arousing American support for the war. The United States entered World War I in April of 1917, and by the end of 1918, the Central Powers were forced to admit defeat. Each year, countries across the globe use poppies—mentioned in the poem’s first stanza—as a symbol to celebrate the armistice that ended World War I on November 11th, and In Flanders Fields
is read at Remembrance Day celebrations each year on that day in countries across the British Commonwealth. Due to the impact of this poem, many veterans’ groups sell poppies as a token of those who died in