Longfellow
Nineteenth-century verse writer
Longfellow is the surname of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), an American poet whose accessible verse made him the most popular poet of his era.
Works like "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline" were memorized by generations of schoolchildren.
The name occasionally appears as shorthand for his poetry: We had to recite Longfellow in fifth grade.
Native American statesman-figure
- EvangelineFemale given name
- verseMetered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- meterDevice that measures usage
rhyme · ballad · epic · lyric · elegy · quatrain · couplet · hexameter
Subdued, lasting sadness
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
poignancy · elegiac · musing · reflective · meditative · pensive · soulful · haunting
University city, two countries
- PortlandMajor Oregon city
- MainePine Tree State
- HarvardPrestigious Cambridge university
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
Massachusetts · Boston · colonial · American literature · 19th century · literary figure · professorship
Structure honoring someone remembered
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- classicOf lasting excellence
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
schoolroom · memorization · statue · commemoration · literary canon · beloved · influential · children's literature
Hiawatha
Native American statesman-figure
- EvangelineFemale given name
- verseMetered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
meter · rhyme · ballad · epic · lyric · elegy · quatrain · couplet · hexameter · trochaic
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
wistfulness · poignancy · elegiac · musing · reflective · meditative · pensive · soulful · haunting · mortality
Cambridge
University city, two countries
New England · Massachusetts · Boston · colonial · American literature · 19th century · literary figure · professorship
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
anthology · schoolroom · memorization · statue · commemoration · literary canon · beloved · influential · children's literature
- poetspoet, Homer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson
- American LiteratureThe Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Moby Dick
- 19th century American and English literatureDickens, Twain, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville
- American AuthorsMark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Twain, Poe, Hawthorne
- Maine Historystatehood, Augusta, Portland, Bangor, Brunswick
- MinnesotaMinneapolis, Twin Cities, St. Paul, Saint Paul, Duluth
LongfellowT.S. Eliot
Ezra Pound · Gertrude Stein · obscurantism · difficulty · hermeticism
LongfellowEdgar Allan Poe
Charles Baudelaire · Walt Whitman · Emily Dickinson · Allen Ginsberg · critically acclaimed
long, longer, longest, longish, longing, longingly, length, lengthen, lengthy