In Flanders Fields
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title:
In Flanders Fields
text:
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 o
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
First World War poem by John McCrae
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields
date created:
2002-08-08T07:58:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T07:08:08Z
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