Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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.


The video can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-Xo0Jn4Bw


Tonight's homework is to write a poem. It must be at least two lines long, but you can write more lines than two. It must have 8 syllables in each line and rhyme. See the poem above! Our first line starts with these words:

At N.S.E....

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