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You can recite the Ode and other poetry on Anzac Day, Remembrance Day and other important days. We often use well-known wartime poetry. Sometimes students read original works at a school ceremony. We do this to recognise and remember the service and sacrifice of our veterans and serving personnel.
Words of Remembrance; The following was written by Pericles well over two thousand years ago, long before the first ANZAC Day, but only a stone’s throw from Gallipoli: Each has won a glorious grave - not that sepulchre of earth wherein they lie, but the living tomb of everlasting remembrance wherein their glory is enshrined.
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In most ceremonies of remembrance there is a reading of an appropriate poem. One traditional recitation on Anzac Day is the Ode, the fourth stanza of the poem For the fallen by Laurence Binyon (1869–1943).
Apr 20, 2015 · These famous, heart-rending words, attributed to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was a commander of Ottoman forces at the Dardenelles during the first world war and later the founder of modern Turkey,...
Apr 24, 2016 · The four most famous lines were the first written by Binyon in his eight-verse poem: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the ...
Apr 28, 2016 · On Tuesday I shared some examples of the same theme in NZ poetry. Today I’m focusing on the ANZAC conflict from the other side; in this case the famous ANZAC Memorial penned by M. Kemal Atatürk in 1934.
Oct 17, 2022 · If you’ve ever attended an ANZAC Day or Remembrance Day service, you'll have heard the stirring words of The Ode. They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
