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Context: This poem is written by Henry Longfellow, an American poet, who was a famous figure in America during the 19th century. By the time of 1850s he gained fame, and his poems became famous worldwide. He is known for his romantic imagery poems, and the dual meaning behind them. He can see through very… Continue reading The Village Blacksmith Analysis by Henry Longfellow

The Village Blacksmith is a poem written by Henry Longfellow, which I will look upon by writing The Village Blacksmith: summary and critical analysis. The Village Blacksmith: Summary “Under a spreading chestnut-treeThe village smithy stands;The smith, a mighty man is he,With large and sinewy hands;And the muscles of his brawny armsAre strong as iron bands.” The poet here gives a description about the appearance of the village blacksmith in the village by telling about… Continue reading The Village Blacksmith: Summary

Context: This poem is written by Henry Longfellow, an American poet, who was a commanding figure in America during the 19th century. Only in 1850s he became a known poet in America, and by the time of his death in 1882, he became a world-famous poet. Henry Longfellow was a romantic poet, a traveller, and… Continue reading Analysis of Rain in Summer by Henry Longfellow

The poem is written by Longfellow on rain in summer. In the poem, he is overjoyed by the shower on a hot day. He opens the poem by exclaiming, “How beautiful is the rain!” which shows his happiness and excitement about rain. He talks about how the drizzle and shower relieve him from the heat… Continue reading “Rain in Summer” by Longfellow: Summary and Analysis 2023

The title of A Psalm of Life is an appropriate one. A psalm is an invocation to mankind to follow the path of the righteousness. Here, the speaker advises people to be heroes in their lives. He asks them to lie in the present, without thinking about the past or the future. A poem teaching… Continue reading Analysis of A Psalm of Life by H.W Longfellow

A Psalm of Life, a lyric of religious emotion was published in October of 1838. This poem is taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s first volume of poems. A ‘psalm’ is a sacred song, an invocation to mankind to follow the path of righteousness. A Psalm of Life is a blow to the pessimistic attitude of… Continue reading Summary of A Psalm Of Life by H.W Longfellow

This article provides ‘The Slave’s Dream’: summary was written by H.W. Longfellow and is specially meant to help students understand the poem’s implication. The Slave’s Dream: Summary H.W. Longfellow’s Poems on Slavery are said to be “so mild that even a Slaveholder might read them without losing his appetite for breakfast.” The Slave’s Dream is… Continue reading The Slave’s Dream: Summary 2023