Maybe meaning that, "we", referring to the fallen soldiers, are saying or attempting to get across to their "predecessors" or tose soldiers who are still alive and fighting on the battfield, that they "shall not sleep" until the soldiers get done what they need to get done.

Implying here, from the sensory perspective of the larks which are flying above the gunshots being shot across the battlefield in the sky.

Addressing the next group of solider that are fighting the enemy

The overall tone of this poem is almost nostalgic, however, the way the poem picks up in the middle, almost as if going down a hill at a faster pace, the tone shifts to be one of reflection and casts a heroic shadow on the fallen soldiers. Almost as if McCrae intentionally styled the poem in this manner to create more of a tribute to these soldiers that lost their lives in World War I.

"..failing hands…" might refer to those of the solders who were struck and can no longer fight… "To you… we throw the torch…"

Perhaps with the hope of the falling soldeirs that their comrades will accept the "torch" from them to keep fighting for them and to accomplish what they can't help them to do anymore.

Interesting to make the word "dead" a proper noun. I wonder if McCrae capitalized the D to give tribute to those who fell during the war and is lost towards history.

The entirety of this stanza is written from the first person perspective, most likely intended to be told from the fallen soldiers' point of view.

this suggests the fleeting window of life, and provides an indirect comparison to the poppies, as the soldiers are speaking of themselves as the poppies that grow in the field "currently" or had started growing after their deaths. "We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved…" are all things that the poppies do as they continue to flourish in Flanders fields. "We are the Dead… We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields" (McCrae).

"Scarce", here, refers to McCrae's reference to Larks singing in the line above, pointing to the idea that the sound of the Larks singing in the skies is muted or drowned out by the sound of gunshots involved in the battle happening below on the ground.

Addressing the next group of solider that are fighting the enemy

Interesting to make the word "dead" a proper noun. I wonder if McCrae capitalized the D to give tribute to those who fell during the war and is lost towards history.

"..failing hands..." might refer to those of the solders who were struck and can no longer fight... "To you... we throw the torch..." - Perhaps with the hope of the falling soldeirs that their comrades will accept the "torch" from them to keep fighting for them and to accomplish what they can't help them to do anymore.

• The overall tone of this poem is almost nostalgic, however, the way the poem picks up in the middle, almost as if going down a hill at a faster pace, the tone shifts to be one of reflection and casts a heroic shadow on the fallen soldiers.
• Almost as if McCrae intentionally styled the poem in this manner to create more of a tribute to these soldiers that lost their lives in World War I.

The entirety of this stanza is written from the first person perspective, most likely intended to be told from the fallen soldiers' point of view. - this suggests the fleeting window of life, and provides an indirect comparison to the poppies, as the soldiers are speaking of themselves as the poppies that grow in the field "currently" or had started growing after their deaths.

"We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved..." are all things that the poppies do as they continue to flourish in Flanders fields. "We are the Dead... We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields" (McCrae).

"Scarce", here, refers to McCrae's reference to Larks singing in the line above, pointing to the idea that the sound of the Larks singing in the skies is muted or drowned out by the sound of gunshots involved in the battle happening below on the ground.

Carl, N. (2020). An Analysis of COVID-19 Mortality at the Local Authority Level in England. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/dmc2v