Banjo Paterson published over 140 poems during his career as a poet. His works include well-known pieces such as "Waltzing Matilda" and "The Man from Snowy River."
I'm pretty sure he wrote 217 poems.
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Banjo Paterson's poems and stories often celebrated Australian bush life, landscape, and characters. His works aimed to capture the spirit of the Australian outback and its people, reflecting the culture and environment of the time. Additionally, his writings played a significant role in shaping national identity and pride in Australia.
In 1885, Andrew Barton Paterson began publishing his poetry in the Sydney edition of The Bulletin under the pseudonym of "The Banjo", the name of a favourite horse. His first poem is believed to be El Mahdi to the Australian Troops, published in 1885. Many other, less well-known poems followed. In 1890 Paterson wrote "The Man From Snowy River", a poem which caught the heart of the nation, and in 1895 a collection of his works was published under that name. For more information on Paterson's early poems, see the weblink below.
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Banjo Paterson wrote hundreds of poems some well known, others less so. Clancy of the Overflow, The Bush Christening, the Saltbush Bill series and Mulga Bill's Bicycle and many others were once very popular and Australian kids growing up in the 40s as I did often recited many of them in competitions. He also wrote many despatches as a war correspondent and hundreds of articles for various publications. His complete writings were published as a boxed set in the 80s[?] and may still be available. Henry Lawson's were also published this way.
Both Henry Lawson and AB 'Banjo' Paterson wrote many verses and stories depicting life and characters in Australia. Henry Lawson tended to write realistic depictions, whilst Banjo Paterson was more lighthearted and had a tendency to romanticise the bush.
There are many sources of prompts for kids poems on the internet. Poetry4Kids and Scholastic both publish numerous prompts for kids poems on their websites.
Banjo Paterson was an Australian writer and poet, so it is natural to associate him with Australia. A.B. "Banjo" Paterson was passionately nationalistic, popular among many Australians in a fledgling country searching for its own identity apart from Britain. In 1890 he wrote "The Man From Snowy River", a poem which caught the heart of the nation for its sense of heroism and the way in which it put forward the concept of the "underdog" bettering all those who thought they were his superiors. This sort of writing underscored much of Paterson's work. Paterson was very much in favour of Australia being an autonomous nation, and that's why many of his heroes were from the among the "downtrodden". Unlike his contemporary Henry Lawson, Paterson presented a romanticised view of life in the bush, and many appreciated his larrikin wit more than Lawson's more realistic, drier view of life.
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Andrew Barton Paterson is the full name of the passionately nationalistic, popular Australian author and poet, 'Banjo' Paterson. In the latter years of the 19th century, the short stories and classic ballads of "The Banjo" inspired many Australians in a fledgling country searching for its own identity apart from Britain. Paterson adopted his nickname after he began publishing his poetry in the Sydney edition of The Bulletin under the pseudonym of "The Banjo", the name of a favourite horse. In 1890 he wrote "The Man From Snowy River", a poem which caught the heart of the nation. Perhaps even better known than "The Man From Snowy River" is his poem "Waltzing Matilda" which has become a true Australian icon. Paterson lived from 1864 to 1941.
Emily Dickinson died in 1886, so she was not alive during World War I or World War II. Her poems, however, were. She only publish some of her poems later in her life, but after her death her sister discovered many of her unread poems and they were publish posthumously.