What is the meaning of the term “bushed”? What happens to the man in the shack? Notice how the mountains changes character and becomes more and more personified, and how the sights and sounds of the woods take on terrifying significance as the poem progresses. Experienced trappers say that you should never approach a trapper’s … Continue reading Earle Birney, “Bushed”
First, read the essay “Preface to ‘The Bush Garden’” by Northrop Frye on page 107 of The Oxford Anthology of Canadian Literature. What, according to Frye, are the essential characteristics of Canadian Literature? Now, which one of the following poems exemplifies best these essential characteristics? Milton Acorn: “The Island,” “The Fights”Margaret Atwood: “Death of a … Continue reading The Essential Canadian Poem