HenryWLongfellow

=What has shaped Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his poetry?=

Bio
 * Born in Portland, Maine
 * Dreamy boy
 * loved to read
 * Graduated from Bowdoin College
 * Age 32 published first collection of poems
 * Taught at Bowdoin to teach language
 * 1854 stopped teaching and focus on poetry
 * 1807-1882
 * Considered one of the "Fireside Poets"

Historical events Involved in the Civil War Dad was prominent lawyer in Portland and a member of Congress Most important works were published before the end of the Civil War

Poetry Style Quatrain Asonet Lifting and full of life Optimist Opinion- well developed Uses conventional form

Famous Poems
 * //The Psalm of Life//
 * //The Song of Hiawatha//
 * //Paul Revere's Ride//
 * //Christmas Bells//
 * //Birds of Passage//

Other Information -Studied in Europe -Worked at Harvard -24 different companies publishing his works -Poetry very popular in English speaking Countries -Admired by Lincoln, Baudelaire, and Dickens