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The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features Native American characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman.
Every tree-top had its shadow, Motionless beneath the water. From the brow of Hiawatha. Gone was every trace of sorrow, As the fog from off the water, As the mist from off the meadow. With a smile of joy and triumph, With a look of exultation, As of one who in a vision.
Love the wind among the branches, And the rain-shower and the snow-storm, And the rushing of great rivers. Through their palisades of pine-trees, And the thunder in the mountains, Whose innumerable echoes. Flap like eagles in their eyries;--. Listen to these wild traditions, To this Song of Hiawatha!
The Song of Hiawatha. IX. Hiawatha and the Pearl Feather. On the shores of Gitche Gumee, Of the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood Nokomis, the old woman, Pointing with her finger westward, O'er the water pointing westward, To the purple clouds of sunset.
In a memorable rhythmic beat, this work of fiction tells the legend of Hiawatha, an Ojibwe leader with supernatural powers. It tells of his birth and upbringing, his many adventures, his devotion to his people, and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman.
Apr 1, 1991 · The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist.
The story of Hiawatha is told in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha (1855), a long poem, written in the metre of the Finnish Kalevala, that enjoyed wide popularity.
The Song of Hiawatha [excerpt] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1807 –. 1882. The Death of Minnehaha. All day long roved Hiawatha. In that melancholy forest, Through the shadow of whose thickets,
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Apr 29, 2022 · The Song of Hiawatha (1855) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Introduction. →. related portals: American literature. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, Commons category, Wikidata item. an 1855 epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based on the legends of the Ojibwe people.
