Compare and contrast the view of war presented in John McRae's "In Flanders Fields" and Sara Teasdale's "There Will Come Soft Rains." Use at least two pieces of textual evidence to support your answer. -OR- Choose 2 poems from Lesson 5.04 and compare/contrast their view of war. Use at least two pieces of textual evidence to support your answer.

The poem is written in 1920 by Sara Teasdale. The poem is about nature after the battlefield. There were some people alive after the war, but it also dissipated after the invention of nuclear weapons. Before the discovery of nuclear weapons, this poem refers to the idea of human extermination by war. The central theme is that beauty sustains no matter what humans do with it.

“In Flanders Fields” is written by John McRae in 1915. This poem is about the environment after the war. After WWI, nothing left. The battlefield had turned into a boneyard. John McRae’s poem “In Flanders Field’, refers to preoccupation with death. It stands as the evolution between the challenges of life and harmony. The central perspective is about honoring the war dead. It also describes martyr and acts as a directive to the living.

Both poems have been written during the time of World War I, whereas they had shown different views of death that took place during the WW1.