Canadian poetry is
poetry
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of or typical of
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...
. The term encompasses poetry written in Canada or by Canadian people in the
official languages
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of
English and
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, and an increasingly prominent body of work in both other European and
Indigenous languages.
Although English Canadian poetry began to be written soon after
European colonization began, many of English-speaking Canada’s first celebrated poets come from the Confederation period of the mid to late 19th century. In the 20th century,
Anglo-Canadian poets embraced European and American poetic innovations, such as
Modernism
Modernism is both a philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, ...
,
Confessional poetry,
Postmodernism,
New Formalism,
Concrete
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