This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Remembrance Day poppy.
The practice of wearing a red poppy to honour soldiers who鈥檝e died in combat, is credited in part to Canadian John McCrae, who wrote the poem 鈥淚n Flanders Fields.鈥�
McCrae's piece remains one of the most famous wartime poems, and has become a hallmark of Canadian culture.
Below is a line-by-line analysis of "In Flanders Fields." Click on each of the red words to read more about the history of the poem.
