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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1 When is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's birthday?

2 That bridge was replaced in 1906 by a new bridge which was later renamed the ________.

3 [96] Many of the ________ he used in his poetry as well as subject matter came from legends, mythology, and literature.

4 ________: A Tale of Acadie (epic poem) (1847)

5 When was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born?

6 Where was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born?

7 After being printed in Graham's Magazine, its editor ________ saved the manuscript from the trash.

8 He was required to live in Cambridge to be close to the campus and rented rooms at the Craggie House in the spring of 1837,[39] now preserved as the ________.

9 When did Henry Wadsworth Longfellow die?

10 What did Henry Wadsworth Longfellow do for a living?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Nokomis Community Library, named for Nokomis in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, is the only library in the Minneapolis Public Library System to be named for a fictional character?
  • the first major work published by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Outre-Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea, was a book of prose sketches inspired by Washington Irving?
  • several years after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published "The Village Blacksmith", a chestnut tree mentioned in the poem was made into a chair for the poet?
  • Wessagusset Colony was the site of Miles Standish's real-life attack against Native Americans as depicted in Longfellow's poem The Courtship of Miles Standish?
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's only novel, Hyperion, was partly based on his attempts to woo Frances Appleton (pictured) who later became his wife despite disapproving of her depiction in the book?
  • Thomas Gold Appleton, the brother-in-law of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow known as "the Boston wit", is reported to have said as he was dying, "It will be a new experience"?
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow never lived in Minneapolis's Longfellow House (pictured), a two-thirds scale model of his house built by an admirer of his work?
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