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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-Robed 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.
This is the first canto of Longfellow's epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha, which tells the story of a Native American hero. The introduction sets the scene, the speaker, the theme, and the tone of the poem, and invites the reader to listen to the wild traditions and legends of the land of the Ojibways.
Read the full text of The Song of Hiawatha, a classic American epic poem by Longfellow. It tells the story of Hiawatha, a Native American hero, and his love for Minnehaha.
… as his medium, he fashioned The Song of Hiawatha (1855). Its appeal to the public was immediate. Hiawatha is an Ojibwa Indian who, after various mythic feats, becomes his people’s leader and marries Minnehaha before departing for the Isles of the Blessed. Both the poem and its singsong metre have… Read More; Pictured Rocks National ...
