E·波琳·约翰逊是美洲大陆第一位出版自己诗集的土著女诗人,也是加拿大有名的莫霍克人公主。波琳对加拿大文学走进世界起到了积极推进的作用,同时,她的特殊身份也让白人开始“凝视”印第安人。波琳诗歌中的独木舟意象,内涵丰富,意义深远,展现了女诗人对国家、民族身份、个人理想的美好愿望和复杂情绪。 E. Pauline Johnson is the first Native American poet to publish his own collection of poems on the American continent and is also a famous Canadian Mohawk princess. Pollin played a positive role in bringing Canadian literature to the world, and at the same time, her special status enabled the whites to start “staring” at the Indians. The image of canoe in Pauline’s poetry is rich in meaning and profound in meaning. It shows the beautiful woman’s poet’s beautiful wishes and complex emotions to the nation, national identity and personal ideal.