Complex sentence: In her early literary works, Johnson drew lightly from her Mohawk heritage, and instead lyricized Canadian life, landscapes, and love in a post-Romantic mode reflective of literary interests shared with her mother.
Split into simpler sentences: In her early literary works, Johnson drew lightly from her Mohawk heritage. Instead she wrote lyrically about Canadian life, landscapes, and love in a post-Romantic mode, reflective of literary interests shared with her mother.