"Short days ago, we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." John McCrae wrote these words during the 1st World War. John McCrae had a pleasant life until war called for him, and that's when everything changed.
John McCrae was born in November 30, 1872 in Guelph, Ontario. McCrae was a doctor, a poet, and a soldier. His importance was that he helped the injured soldiers in the war. After the beginning of the 1st World War in 1914, John was posted as a medical officer. On December 8, 1915, Punch Magazine published a poem remembering John McCrae's death. "In Flanders Fields", written by John McCrae, is still known today. On June 1915, he was transferred to Boulogne No.3 General Hospital as an officer in charge or the medicine. He was educated at the University of Toronto and he later became a physician. McCrae published other poems before the World War. He was not new to war; he served as an artillery subaltern in Canadian Contingent during Boer War in South Africa. John died, just a few years after war, from pneumonia on January 28, 1918. In my opinion, John McCrae was a brilliant man. After I heard the poem, "In Flanders Fields", I almost cried because I can feel that John was expressing his feelings about war and how hard it was to see so many soldiers dying in front of his eyes. I cannot even imagine how horrifying it was to look at them and he knew it was all because of war. From the poem, I will always wear a poppy to represent John McCrae, the soldiers who have died and for the soldiers who still are alive today.
By: Helena
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