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Poems Listed Alphabetically by Name of Author A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y | Z O'GRADY, Standish (1793-1841): "From The Emigrant, (Winter in Lower Canada)" (1841) IN: Atwood, 3f.; A.J.M. Smith (1968), 1-2. Comment: A rather negative image of Canada. O'HAGAN, Thomas (1855-1939): "An Idyl of the Farm" IN: Garvin, 215-216. Comment: Felicitous settling and farming. The hardships of settlement are poetically suspended. OJIBWA [anonymous]: "Nature poems" IN: Colombo (1983), I, 39-42. ONDAATJE, Michael (b. 1943): "Breaking Green" (1973) IN: Atwood, 409-410. Comment: An ecological poem about a snake falling victim to a bulldozer. The driver is shocked by the fact that he has killed the snake. "Burning Hills" IN: Bowering, IV, 277-279. Comment: Reflection on the relationship between writing and the landscape. "The Diverse Causes" IN: Bruce/ Geddes, 252. Comment: Speaker is trapped in his narrow room. Natural phenomena can be seen only as reflections on a toaster. Nature is not a direct sensory experience. Alienation. Modern predicament. "Early Morning, Kingston to Gananoque" IN: Bruce/ Geddes, 251. Comment: Disillusioned view of a bleak landscape. Projection of negative feelings onto the landscape. |