Canadian poets
... By that time poetry had already been developed by such poets as Aristotle in Greece and Dante Alighieri in Europe. ... They were known as confederation poets . ... Later on as society in Canada began to mature, Canadian poets spoke about topics that were more influential and controversial. Pauline Johnston wrote of the feelings of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, Robert Service spoke of the harsh lives in the Yukon during the gold rush, and John McCrae, a Canadian physician in World War 1, described the horrors of the Great War. Canadian poetry described the essence of life in Canada. Throughout Canadian history, native Canadians have been treated as second class citizens, if even considered citizens at all. ... Here they were taught by nuns, priests and teachers to leave behind their aboriginal ways and integrate into white Anglo-Canadian society. ... Her father was the chief of the tribe and her mother was a white Anglo-Canadian. ... The poems that originally made her famous across Canada had become old and boring to the Canadian people but in England they were all new and fresh. ... Although Robert Service is thought by many to be as Canadian as snowshoes, he was actually born in Britain in 1874. ... Adventure is what sets him apart from all the other poets at the time that wrote of landscapes, of long rolling hills and valleys of flowers. ... John McCrae is a distinguished war veteran and an acclaimed Canadian symbol whose poetry, will live on forever. These Canadian poets have in many ways shaped this country and brought Canada to the world stage. ... These poets will live in our history and our hearts forever.