ENGLISH 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: In Flanders Fields, Campbell Scott

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 1AA3
• Professor: Roger Hyman

Document Summary

Don"t let us die in vain respect the peace that they fought for. Romanicizes war and suggests that there is a moral duty to kill the enemy . Very regular, organized, rhythmic poem, which suggests that war is harmonious. Vs. harrison"s book which suggests that war is messy and disorganized o. Suggests that the torch has to keep being passed on through ighing. This was not a real descripion of war. People began to understand the power of language to act against their best interest. Poem validates war and suggests the enemy must be inished because it is the right thing to do. The use of ye" to elevate the tone of the language. Ye: not ordinary people but those who contributed greatly to society. Invoking god as the source of military acion. Providenial god meaning that god is in control therefore war is part of god"s divine plan. Not death but fallen = romanicizaion of war.