Laurence Binyon poem "For the Fallen"
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Laurence Binyon’s “For the Fallen” is a 1914 First World War elegy best known for its solemn “Ode of Remembrance” stanza honoring the sacrifice of fallen soldiers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| For the Fallen | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
poem
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war elegy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Commonwealth war remembrance
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Ode of Remembrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Laurence Binyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorationUse |
Anzac Day services
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Remembrance Day services NERFINISHED ⓘ military memorial ceremonies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
key text in British war remembrance tradition
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widely recited at war memorials ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1914 ⓘ |
| famousLines |
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning ⓘ They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old ⓘ We will remember them ⓘ |
| firstPublication | The Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 21 September 1914 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | elegy ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | yes ⓘ |
| hasOdeOfRemembranceStanza | true ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early months of World War I ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | early casualties of the First World War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | World War I literature ⓘ |
| memorialFunction | spoken act of remembrance for war dead ⓘ |
| memorizationTradition | often memorized by schoolchildren in Commonwealth countries ⓘ |
| meter | varied accentual-syllabic meter ⓘ |
| notableSection | Ode of Remembrance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odeOfRemembrancePosition | fourth stanza ⓘ |
| openingLine | With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children ⓘ |
| poet | Laurence Binyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting | British national consciousness during World War I ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | seven ⓘ |
| subject |
First World War
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fallen soldiers ⓘ remembrance ⓘ sacrifice in war ⓘ |
| theme |
collective mourning
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endurance of memory ⓘ honour of the dead ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
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