Poems
- A Ballad Of The French Fleet. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
- A Day Of Sunshine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Second)
- A Dutch Picture. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
- A Gleam Of Sunshine
- A Nameless Grave
- A Psalm Of Life
- A Shadow
- A Song Of Savoy
- A Summer Day By The Sea
- A Wraith In The Mist. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
Analysis of poems
- A Ballad Of The French Fleet. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
- A Day Of Sunshine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Second)
- A Dutch Picture. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
- A Gleam Of Sunshine
- A Nameless Grave
- A Psalm Of Life
- A Shadow
- A Song Of Savoy
- A Summer Day By The Sea
- A Wraith In The Mist. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
Quotes
''Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.''
All quotationsThe themes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote about
Biography
Henry Wadsworth was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five Fireside Poets.
Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, then part of Massachusetts, and studied at Bowdoin College. After spending time in Europe he became a professor at Bowdoin and, later, at Harvard College. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854 to focus on his writing, living the remainder of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a former headquarters of George Washington. His first wife, Mary Potter, died in 1835 after a miscarriage. His second wife, Frances Appleton, died in 1861 after sustaining burns from her dress catching fire. After her death, Longfellow had difficulty writing poetry for a time and focused on his translation. He died in 1882.
Longfellow predominantly wrote lyric poems which are known for their musicality and which often presented stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses.
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