Bliss Carman
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William Bliss Carman was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years.
1903 portrait by Pirie MacDonald
Carman in 1879
Bliss Carman Memorial, Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredericton NB
Confederation Poets
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Confederation Poets is the name given to a group of Canadian poets born in the decade of Canada's Confederation who rose to prominence in Canada in the late 1880s and 1890s. The term was coined by Can
Bliss Carman
…where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. In Canada, Carman is classed as one of the Confederation Poets, a group which also included Charles G.D. Roberts (his cousin), Archibald Lampman, and Duncan Campbell Scott. "Of the group, Carman had the surest lyric…
Sir Charles G.D. Roberts
Isabella Valancy Crawford, c.1919
Duncan Campbell Scott
Archibald Lampman