EN 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Canadian Poetry, Canadian Literature, Free Verse
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A poem should not mean but be- mac leish. Push away from the interpretation of the poem and more to appreciate the poem itself. Work of art should not only represent an experience but should be an experience. Poetry before fiction modernism shows of first in poetry. Interrogating formal structure but also the conservatism of canadian poetry. Politically commited people writing more about political issues as appose to the waterfalls and maple leaves. Native poetry to what is individual and unique to canadian life . Cosmopolitan responds to what life in canada has in common with life everywhere in making a heroic effort to transcend colonialism by entering into civilizing culture of ideas . Can be read as a satire that is trying to make a point about canadian poetry. References to british influences prince of whales , victorian . Confederation poets are measured for hoe canadian they were and how they respected the king.
