A little stuck on the Lake District, England?
It blew me away!
Searched poetry.com
For some favourite
North American poets…
E. Pauline Johnson (next to nothing; brilliant aboriginal princess)
Al Purdy
Archibald Lampman* (decent listing but…)
Duncan Campbell Scott https://youtu.be/l4OK47jrCe8
Irving Layton*** (nothing??? Some say Canada’s best)
Rienzi Crusz (a gentle personal acquaintance in my City)
Robert W. Service (minimal representation. The Klondike rhymer.)
Philip Levine (pulitzer prize, 1995)
Rod Mckuen
Leonard Cohen**
Robt. Penn Warren (pulitzer prize, Promises 1957; https://naturesode.blogspot.com/2022/09/chief-joseph-of-real-people-nez-perce.html. )
Margaret Atwood (writer of The Handmaid’s Tale)
Michael Ondaatje.
Found so very little
What gives?
* I attach a link to a you tube video giving the poem, The Violinist by Lampman. What a name for a nature and inspirational poet…LAMPMAN. Rivals Wordsworth, methinks.
https://youtu.be/NqiRxyUc8hM
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** https://youtu.be/RF3SJerPG7g
https://youtu.be/Slo9oP5p36E
for leonard cohen
……….
http://histocall.blogspot.com/2022/08/tuning-in-irving-layton.html
About this poem
Good as they are, the old English poets cannot stand up on the pinnacle alone. The world is full of verse. And fine verse too…Wayne Blair https://canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/index_poet_19th.htm
Written on March 28, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 28, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on March 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAB XAA B A A X X C C CX B X |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,123 |
Words | 175 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
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