Meeting the British (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Muldoon
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Colonies or colonization, Europe or Europeans, Native Americans or American Indians, England or English people, Conquest, Exploration or explorers, Winter, Sound, Smell, Odors
The Poem
The nine slant-rhymed couplets of “Meeting the British” tell a brief and simple story that encapsulates many elements in the history of the discovery and conquest of America by Europeans. The title sets up the situation of the poem, an encounter between Native Americans and British explorers in the eighteenth century. It is not until the last couplet, however, that one is entirely sure who is speaking and thus who is “meeting the British.” This openness requires readers to complete the implications of the poem’s details, implications not explicitly discussed...
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