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Read the complete text of The Song of Hiawatha, a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that depicts the life and legends of a Native American hero. Follow Hiawatha's adventures, from his birth to his departure, as he encounters the Black-Robe chief, the Pale-face, and the Virgin Mary.
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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.
Read the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, inspired by the legends and traditions of the Native Americans. Learn about the singer Nawadaha, the hero Hiawatha, and the themes of nature, faith, and humanity.
Read the introduction to Longfellow's epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha, which tells the story of a Native American hero. Learn about the poet, the speaker, the themes, the poetic form, and the time period of this 19th-century masterpiece.
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Read an excerpt from the epic poem The Song of Hiawatha, which tells the story of the Native American hero and his beloved Minnehaha. The poem depicts the tragic death of Minnehaha and the grief of Hiawatha in the forest.
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.
Read the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the legendary Ojibwe leader Hiawatha and his adventures. Explore the characters, places, glossary, annotations and illustrations of this classic work of fiction.
