<P> As with his earlier poems , `` In Flanders Fields '' continues McCrae 's preoccupation with death and how it stands as the transition between the struggle of life and the peace that follows . It is written from the point of view of the dead . It speaks of their sacrifice and serves as their command to the living to press on . As with many of the most popular works of the First World War , it was written early in the conflict , before the romanticism of war turned to bitterness and disillusion for soldiers and civilians alike . </P>
<P> As with his earlier poems , `` In Flanders Fields '' continues McCrae 's preoccupation with death and how it stands as the transition between the struggle of life and the peace that follows . It is written from the point of view of the dead . It speaks of their sacrifice and serves as their command to the living to press on . As with many of the most popular works of the First World War , it was written early in the conflict , before the romanticism of war turned to bitterness and disillusion for soldiers and civilians alike . </P>
who are the speakers of in flanders fields
who are the speakers of in flanders fields
the dead
the dead