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This paper focuses on the relationship between the poem and the Yukon territory in Canada which it describes. The paper relates that the poem was written in 1907 at the time that the Yukon was very popular because of the gold rush. According to the paper, Robert Service wrote many poems about the Yukon and the hardships as well as the excitement of the prospector's life and became to voice of the Yukon that represented the people that flocked to the gold rush. The paper outlines how the "The Law of the Yukon" describes the land of the Yukon as well as its inhabitants.

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"This paper will analyze the poem "The Law of the Yukon", by Robert W. Service. The analysis will focus on the relationship between the poem and the Yukon territory in Canada which it describes. The poem was written in 1907 at the time that the Yukon was very popular because of the gold rush. Robert Service wrote many poems about the Yukon and the hardships as well as the excitement of the prospector's life and became to voice of the Yukon that represented the people that flocked to the gold rush. The Law of the Yukon describes the land of the Yukon as well as its inhabitants. Service describes the hardships of the life in the Yukon, stating that..."

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