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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Wikipedia Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend He became the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas He has been criticized for imitating European styles and writing poetry that was too sentimental
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Biography, Poems, Facts | Britannica Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the most popular American poet in the 19th century His notable works included The Song of Hiawatha and ‘Paul Revere’s Ride ’ Longfellow’s poems typically featured sweetness, simplicity, and a romantic vision shaded by melancholy Learn more about his life and career
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - U. S. National Park Service Longfellow is one of the monumental cultural figures of nineteenth-century America, the nation's preeminent poet in his era, whose verse is notable for its lyric beauty, its gentle moralizing, and its immense popularity
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American Battlefield Trust An American poet and writer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s verses shaped perceptions of American history and inspired the generation of Civil War soldiers He ranked among the American authors who were internationally recognized in the early and mid-19 th Century
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Academy of American Poets In 1854, Longfellow decided to quit teaching to devote all his time to poetry He published Hiawatha, a long poem about Native American life, and The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems Both books were immensely successful, but Longfellow was now preoccupied with national events
About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, he became a national literary figure 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 identified with the great traditions of European literature and thought
Longfellows Life and Legacy - NPS Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of America’s most famous and best loved poets, lived over one hundred years ago (1807-1882) Longfellow was born in 1807 He grew up in Maine and went to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine In 1831, Longfellow married Mary Potter She died four years later