Poem_In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
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 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.

I believe this poem was very well-written as it was able to make, at least for me, feel involved in the scenario.

For the first paragraph, I think that the poet was able to start off the poem very well by making use of "poppies" as a symbol to represent most likely the soldiers of the wall. Secondly, it also made use of the line "The larks, still bravely singing, fly" as a great reference to the whole war itself as larks are usually used to symbolize hope. Following this sentence, they spoke about how they heard guns below, most likely trying to relate with the previous sentence and bring out the theme of "Behind every war, there is hope."

For the second paragraph, I believe the poet was able to contrast the soldiers themselves from before they came to war and after that. It is also evident that the soldiers were all dead and "lie in Flanders field" at the time when this paragraph ended. On the first line, the word "short" is used instead of "few", which should then be grammatically correct. However, the usage of short could be used to demonstrate that the days prior to these seemed very short, besides being few. The difference in this would be that "short" would be more to the fact that the days themselves were very short in duration, while "few" would be used to show that the days were very little.

The last paragraph, which is my favourite among the three, is used to show the perseverance of the whole team in fighting the enemy. Initially, I was unable to fully understand it, and I thought the "you" in the paragraph refers to the enemy and the things that "we" throw are grenades and bombs. However, soon after, I realised that it was actually meant to show the teamwork among the team and their perseverance to defeat the enemy and the "torch" was actually a form of symbol showing an obligations of the soldier to carry on the battle. Among them all, I felt that the last line of "In Flanders fields" was able to put a really good ending and period to the whole poem.