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Originally posted by ADqtPiMel
Ironically, I'm in the middle of writing a 10 page paper on WWI British poets that features this poem.
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But McCrae wasn't British.... of course the distinction was rather slim back then. His poem was required reading throughout the Empire/Commonwealth.... and the speach given by Sir Arthur Currie's speach to the troops in March 1918 was required reading in France - here's a quote:
"To those who fall I say: You will not die but step into immortality. Your mothers will not lament your fate but will be proud to have borne such sons. Your names will be revered forever and ever by your grateful country, and God will take you unto Himself."