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About the poet: Henry Cuyler Bunner was born in Oswego, New York to Rudolph Bunner, Jr. (1813–1875) and Ruth Keating Tuckerman (1821–1896) and was educated in New York City. He published his first novel in 1886 The Midge followed by The story of a New York House. He is best known for his short stories… Continue reading Summary of The Heart of the Tree by Henry Cuyler Bunner: 2022
Critical Analysis of The Arrow and the Song: The poem received wide range criticism. The arrow and the Song originated with the poet but are still things that are controlled by physical phenomena and are expected a return. He is talking about things and expectancies. It needed not have been an arrow, for example, thinks of… Continue reading Critical Analysis of The Arrow and the Song by H. W. Longfellow: 2022
About the Poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an imperious figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, he became a national literary character by the 1850s and a world-famous personality by the time of his death in 1882. He was a traveler, a linguist, and a romantic who acknowledged… Continue reading Summary of The Arrow and the Song by H. W. Longfellow: 2022
About H. W. Longfellow: Born in 1807 in Maine, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the most important poets of his time. He was well widely known and well-loved. His most notable works are ‘Evangeline’, ‘The Song of Hiawatha’ and ‘Paul Revere’s Ride’. Apart from this, he was also well known for his translation… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Wreck of Hesperus by H. W. Longfellow: 2022
H.W Longfellow- The American poet and educator, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), was from Portland, Maine. His life had witnessed uneventful death of his two wives, which left him heartbroken. Longfellow’s name can be found amongst the five Fireside Poets. The gentle poet of 19th century became the first American writer to translate Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. Voices of… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by H.W Longfellow: 2022
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Born in Portland, Maine, on February 27, 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an intellectually-driven, dreamy boy since his very childhood, who became a Harvard scholar well versed in European languages. And it is believed by the critics today that no American writer was more invariably enjoyed and commended by the readers than Longfellow,… Continue reading Memory Summary and Analysis by H.W Longfellow: 2022
H W Longfellow- One of the greatest poets of the 19th century America, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) wrote about numerous subjects varying from slavery to the European Literature. Some of his most acknowledged works include Voices of the Night, Evangeline, Poems on Slavery. Mezzo Cammin- Published in “Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow” (1886), “Mezzo Cammin” is a… Continue reading Mezzo Cammin Summary and Analysis by H.W Longfellow: 2022
This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘Birds of Passage’ by H. W. Longfellow. Longfellow was a lover of nature, and his poetry is best known for their descriptions of nature. In nature, Longfellow finds an analogue of human experiences, and this is exactly what ‘Birds of passage’ is all about. The poem itself is… Continue reading Birds of Passage Summary by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘The Sound of the Sea’ by H. W. Longfellow. Longfellow was a lover of nature, and he is best-known for the nature descriptions in his poetry. Nature for him encapsulates everything that human life ought to be. He believes that man should follow the rhythms of nature if… Continue reading The Sound of the Sea Summary by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This poem analysis of H. W. Longfellow’s ‘Birds of Passage’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme, and Longfellow’s view of poetry. Context: This part of the poem analysis focuses on the context in which ‘Birds of Passage’ was published. An investigation of this nature will also explain why the subtitle of this… Continue reading Birds of Passage Analysis by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
