Comparative Analysis: 'Flanders Fields And For The Fallen'

Synthesis Essay Carl R TA: 3

Both “Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and “For the fallen” by Robert Laurence Binyon explains death in different ways. “Flanders Fields” explains the massive amounts of graves in Flanders fields and all the poppies that had grown between the graves. “For the fallen” describes the experience of the soldiers dying a brutal death at war. Since they both share similarities of death they both can be compared easily

“Flanders Fields” by John McCrae explains the rows of graves of soldiers that had sadly died and were put 6 feet under. Thousands of soldiers had died by protecting their country but not all were buried. John McCrae used “Between the crosses. Row by row” to describe the amount of poppies that grew there after the thousand of soldiers that were buried in Flanders fields. He also explains that people can be here one day then they could be gone the next day. The soldiers going
Instead of the author describing the aftermath of the war Binyon explains the pain and experiences of death at war in the battlefields. “England mourns for her dead across the sea” can easily explain that the soldiers were cared for and will not be forgotten. Same as “Flanders fields” they both tell the reader about the soldiers that died to young and did not get to grow old with a family because they were so young when they enlisted in the army. Binyon added to the emphasize of the amount of people that had no chance to grow old by adding this line “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old”. The army minimum age to join is 18 and the drinking age is 21. Many soldier didn't even get the chance to taste alcohol, they shouldn't have the chance to die in a war. Since many soldiers died in the battlefield a lot of the bodies didn't make it back to have a proper funeral, they died alone and