Poems Flashcards
Winter Uplands
Archibald Lampman, sad/cold, sound imagery
The City at the end of things
Archibald Lampman, bleak description of city, was not popular
Ojistoh
Pauline Johnston, Mohawk’s wife, vengeful, fierce, proud
The Corn Husker
Pauline Johnston, Colonial impact of settlement, native lady losing corn to settlers
The Forsaken
Duncan Campbell Scott, Valiant, unshaken lady whos family leaves her to die, written admiringly, but obvious he doesn’t see them as people close to him
At the Cedars
Duncan Campbell Scott, Log runner who dies and a girl dies with him, nature is dangerous
The Onondaga Madonna
Classical Duncan Campbell Scott, very fierce description of native woman, but she is clearly native and her mixed baby will never be happy according to him
Wild Animals I have known
ernest Thompson Seaton, Huge Animal guy, loves some animals, hates some animals, was an advocate for animal rights (hunter)
LOBO
Wolf leader super cool dies because blanca got squeezed to death by horses (cutesy?)
Silverspot
Smart Crow, cool guy, band disbands after he gets merked by an owl
Raggylug
Rabbit, life is difficult immediately, mom dies
BIngo
Loyalty among man and dog, cruelty to animals is bad
Wild Geese
Martha Ostenso 1925, Lind Archer comes into calebs house, judith is chill, caleb is a douche to amelia and others, he dies, Lind bangs mark jordan
Barometer Rising
Hugh Mclennan 1941, Neil Mcrae comes to penny wains house, murray is a cuck, Geoffrey Wain is a war not hero meant to embody Britain, lots of canadian stuff
As for me and my house
Sinclari Ross, 1941, Mrs Bently and philip have a dumb marriage, paul is short king but gets no love, steve is a douchey kid but the prof thinks he is original, Mrs. Finley is representative of the town in that she is a hypocrite who tries to uphold moral standard but is the worst