I’m Sir John A. MacDonald I’m Alexander Graham Bell I’m a pow-wow dancer And I’m Louis Riel I’m the Calgary Stampede I’m a feathered Sarcee I’m Edmonton at night I’m a bar-room fight I’m a rigger, I’m a cat I’m a ten-gallon hat And an unnamed mountain in the interior of B.C. I’m a maple tree and a totem pole I’m sunshine showers And fresh-cut flowers I’m a ferry boat ride to the IslandI’m the Yukon I’m the Northwest Territories I’m the Arctic Ocean and the Beaufort Sea I’m the Prairies, I’m the Great Lakes I’m the Rockies, I’m the Laurentians I am French I am English And I'm Métis But more than this Above all this I am Canadian and proud to be free. Comprehension and Reflection What is the poet attempting to do by repeating the phrase, I'm a.... ? What significance do these words have?
I’m Sir John A. MacDonald I’m Alexander Graham Bell I’m a pow-wow dancer And I’m Louis Riel I’m the Calgary Stampede I’m a feathered Sarcee I’m Edmonton at night I’m a bar-room fight I’m a rigger, I’m a cat I’m a ten-gallon hat And an unnamed mountain in the interior of B.C. I’m a maple tree and a totem pole I’m sunshine showers And fresh-cut flowers I’m a ferry boat ride to the IslandI’m the Yukon I’m the Northwest Territories I’m the Arctic Ocean and the Beaufort Sea I’m the Prairies, I’m the Great Lakes I’m the Rockies, I’m the Laurentians I am French I am English And I'm Métis But more than this Above all this I am Canadian and proud to be free. Comprehension and Reflection What is the poet attempting to do by repeating the phrase, I'm a.... ? What significance do these words have?
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