John Le Page (1812-1886) is best known as a 19th-century poet in Prince Edward Island. His poems dealt mostly with P.E.I. current and historical events. Some of the works would fall into the category of narrative poetry, along with elements of political or social commentary. "He (John Le Page) was very much a public poet in that his verse generally dealt more with subjects drawn from the world he and his readers knew from personal experience than with the exploring and articulating of his personal feelings and values. He wrote verses for special occasions, odes, eulogies to military heroes, and elegies on local notables, but his most interesting poetry lies in his comic-satiric treatment of certain social and political aspects of Island life. In these poems, he often employed doggerel rhythms and verse patterns to help deflate the inherent pretentiousness and pomposity of public figures and events. The most striking poem of this sort is his pamphlet (Flies in amber): an authentic history of the land commission and other stirring events in Prince Edward Island (1862) which deals with the ineffectual efforts of the royal commission of 1860–61 established by the government of Edward Palmer to solve the land tenure problem in Prince Edward Island.” - Thomas B. Vincent

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