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Bush poets were Australian poets who wrote about life in the Australian bush during the colonial era. The genre came into its own with the founding of ''The Bulletin'' in 1880, which fostered Australian culture and promoted the bush as a source of national ideals. Bush poets associated with the publication, such as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, used characteristically colloquial and colourful language, and their underlying thematic concern was the emergence and development of the Australian identity. ==History== Examples of the language used within bush poetry can be found in many poems by famous bush poets including Henry Lawson (1867–1922), Banjo Paterson (1864–1941) and Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968). Some of their popular poems include: *Henry Lawson – "Freedom on the Wallaby", "The City Bushman", and "Up the Country"; *Banjo Paterson – "The Man From Snowy River", "Waltzing Matilda" and "Clancy of the Overflow"; *Dorothea Mackellar – "My Country". Banjo Paterson is currently featured on the Australian ten dollar bank note amongst scenes of the Australian outback.〔http://www.rba.gov.au/banknotes/types/ten-dollar.html〕 Banjo Patterson's Waltzing Matilda is even considered Australia's unofficial National Anthem.〔http://www.nla.gov.au/epubs/waltzingmatilda/index.php〕 Some of the Bush Poets of a past era were very prolific. C. J. Dennis wrote somewhere in the region of 3,000 poems in the approximately 10 years of his popularity. He wrote several books which were entirely a sequence of inter-related poems, the most popular of which was ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke''. This book has had many reprints, has been made into a film and also a one-man stage show. A large percentage of his poetry is written in the Australian vernacular. The actual term "Bush Poetry" did not come into use until somewhere around the late 1920s. Prior to that time, all styles of poetry were 'lumped together', the majority of it found in newspapers and periodicals largely reflected stories and views of life in the country or "Bush" and usually had good rhyme and metre. After World War 1, changing styles in most of the arts meant that other styles of poetry gained in popularity at the expense of the traditional ballad. There were still a number of poets (often from rural areas), still writing in the traditional style and it was these poets who became known as "Bush Poets". It had little to do with the content, for all manner of topics were included, but rather with the style. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bush poet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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