Talk:In Flanders Fields

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Duplicate pages: this and In Flanders Fields (poem).

Charles Matthews 16:28, 4 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Not any more. Ellsworth 21:16, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Does anyone know if there's an "official" german translation of the text or the title? I couldn't find anything about this in the german wikipedia...

• Completely against merging into Flanders Field. This poem is more than famous and notable enough for its own article, at least in Canada. It's often recited on Remembrance Day. heqs 19:06, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

And in the UK --ARBAY (talk) 14:26, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Contents 1 Tag 2 In Flanders' Fields? 3 Historic Moment 4 Fussell criticism? 5 Response poems 6 Image 7 References in popular culture 8 Punch Pulication Date 9 What species of poppies?? 10 Restructuring

[edit] Tag

Placed by an admitted UNencyclodidiot to cause disruption. The 2 artciles are not in any way similar as 1 is about a poem written in 1915 and the other is about an American cemetary. Since the U.S. did not enter the war until 1917, the poem was not not inspired by any U.S. casulties. Fair Deal 19:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In Flanders' Fields?

Shouldn't the poem be spelled in Flanders' Fields, since it is about the fields of Flanders?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leorge W Belch (talk • contribs)

No. The location he wrote about is called "Flanders Field", without an apostrophe. Additionally, being an artistic work, the poet named it as he saw fit. --Ds13 21:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

No, no :)) The poem is called 'In Flanders Fields (no apostrophe and a plural). And, yes, the poet can call the poem whatever he likes. Roger 12:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historic Moment

Anyone object to the addition of a link to the historic/dramatic recreation that was broadcast in Canada over the last several years? It featured Colm Feore as John McCrae.

[edit] Fussell criticism?

Anyone else think this criticism is out of place in this article? Maybe a separate criticism section? I haven't run across any other criticisms in the introductory paragraph of any other poem article.

I'm not sure I appreciate the criticism, I think it is out of place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixer Fixer (talk • contribs) 01:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree. It seems outrageous for the article's discussion section to conclude with some random critic calling even part of the poem stupid and vicious. Someone clearly has an ax to grind here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.32.185 (talk) 18:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Response poems

I removed "For the Fallen" from this section, since it was in fact published the year before.--Rallette 11:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Apart from the fact that they are both set in Flanders, I can not see any connection between this poem and Jaques Brel's "Marieke" (which is a love song in which no war is mentioned). Unless somebody can show how they are connected, this claim should be removed.80.60.242.12 19:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I've added a photo I took at Eilean Donan castle - the seat of Clan MacRae - listing the dead from the clan in WWI and featuring (of course) a quote from In Flanders Fields. I just wish my camera had more resolution - a bit crisper and the names of the dead would be legible, not just the quote. Adam Cuerden ^talk 00:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References in popular culture

As someone noted under "Response poems", the song "Marieke" by Jacques Brel, was written in french and flemish, and did not reference "In Flanders Fields" apart from the setting. But there is a musical "Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris" [1], for which I found that Mort Shuman translated the songs into english [2]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghp (talk • contribs) 13:00, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Punch Pulication Date

Just saying that the date of December 7 is definetly wrong. I was at my local reference library researching this poem and I looked up the orinial periodical. The date published is definetly December 8th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.13.189 (talk) 04:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What species of poppies??

what species of poppies grew in the battlefields?--Sonjaaa (talk) 22:24, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Papaver rhoeas, the corn poppy. Mahousu (talk) 21:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Restructuring

Would anyone disagree if this page was restructured ie with a criticisms and explanation section section?--ARBAY (talk) 14:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Here is my Restructured version [Restructured] (ARBAY (talk) 15:24, 5 June 2008 (UTC))