A deep dive into Lorna Goodison’s poem, “This is a Hymn."

A deep dive into Emily Pauline Johnson’s poem, “The Marshlands". Johnson was born and raised on Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario, and often published under her grandfather’s name, Tekahionwake (“double wampum”). Her work—in publication and on the stage—often braided English storytelling/poetic structure with Indigenous beliefs and storytelling...

The English word “poetry” comes from the Greek word poieo, which translates to “I create/make.” The word “lyric” is descended from the lyre, a stringed instrument the Greeks played alongside reciting poetry. The lyric poem is linked to Sanskrit hymns and is the form many of the poets mentioned earlier wrote in, such as the sonnet.