Funeral poems for a veteran

Poems of service and remembrance for a veteran’s funeral, from “In Flanders Fields” to “For the Fallen”.

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How these were chosen. Sorted by what each poem is about and whom it speaks of, with AI help, then checked against the text.

4 poems

For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon, 1914 · 28 lines
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.…
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In Flanders Fields
John McCrae, 1915 · 15 lines
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,…
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O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman, 1865 · 24 lines
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,…
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The Soldier
Rupert Brooke, 1915 · 14 lines
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field…
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