Robert W. Service The Cremation of Sam McGee/Authors Robert Service’s poem, “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” tells the tale of two gold miners in the Yukon and one man’s “last request.” The poem, which was originally published in , was later transformed into a children’s book with colorful illustrations by Ted Harrison, in The Cremation of Sam McGee. I cremated Sam McGee. Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam 'round the Pole, God only knows. Though he'd often say in his homely way that "he'd sooner live in hell.". The Cremation of Sam McGee. By Robert W. Service. The Song of the Wage-slave. By Robert W. Service. The Telegraph Operator. By Robert W. Service. The Spell of the Yukon. By Robert W. Service About this Poet Born in Lancashire, England to a bank cashier and an heiress, poet Robert William Service moved to Scotland at the age of five, living.
Robert William Service was born in in Lancashire, England. He moved to Canada as a young man, where he became famous for poems such as "The Cremation of Sam McGee." Known as the poet of the Yukon, he died in Robert William Service ( - ) was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon." His poems include "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee." Related Posts "Fire Dreams". Robert William Service. Robert William Service was a poet and writer sometimes referred to as the Bard of the Yukon He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North including the poems The Shooting of Dan McGrew The Law of the Yukon and The Cremation of Sam McGee His writing was so expressive that his readers took him for a hard-bitten old Klondike prospector not the later-arriving bank.
Robert William Service was born in in Lancashire, England. He moved to Canada as a young man, where he became famous for poems such as "The Cremation of Sam McGee." Known as the poet of the Yukon, he died in ‘The Cremation of Sam McGee’ is one of the best-known poems of Robert W. Service. The poem presents the cremation of Sam McGee who freezes to death in the prospect of gold. In this poem, Service presents the story of Sam McGee, an inhabitant of Tennessee, who died in the cold of the north pole. "The Cremation of Sam McGee" is among the most famous of Robert W. Service's poems. It was published in in Songs of a Sourdough. It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death near Lake Laberge, Yukon, Canada, as told by the man who cremates him.
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