Poetry Anlysis

Canada Is… By: Michael Mitchell

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for love

We have love for our neighbors,

Of whatever creed or colour

We have love for our cities

And our valleys and our plains

We have a voice that is calling telling all the world we’re willing

To welcome them to this great land

And that’s what Canada is…

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is la belle provence

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for faith

We have faith in our future

We’re ready for tomorrow

We have faith in our children

For our future’s in there hands

We have a voice that is calling

Telling us to keep on hoping

For time will make this vast land great

And that’s what Canada is…

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for peace

We have peace in our cities

We’re happy and contented

We have peace in our valleys

And our boundaries have no chains

We have a voice that is calling

Telling all free men we’re willing

To show them how to live in peace

And that’s what Canada is…

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the Rocky Mountains

Canada is Prince Edward Island

Canada is a country made for love

Canada is the prairie cowboy

Canada is the Yukon miner

Canada is a country made for love

There are many different messages that can be taken from this song, not just that Canada is the Rocky Mountains, Prince Edward Island, the prairie cowboy or the Yukon miner, but that Canada is place where people are accepted no matter what their skin colour or the country they come from. In the song it says, “We have love for our neighbors,” and I think that is really speaks about Canada and our role in the world. We look out for those around us, like when the earthquake struck Haiti we were there helping right away and we help out and have a relationship with the United States. This song makes me really proud to be Canadian because it speaks about how beautiful and diverse Canada is and that differs from a lot of places where there is a lot of poverty and fighting instead of peace and love. Michael Mitchell is a fairly well known Canadian singer for children and think there is good reasons for this song to be sung to children because it should make them proud of where they come from and the great things that Canada does.