The study of Longfellow: His life and works of
Longfellow was an outstanding poet in his time, and even if the time managed to show that he is something less than a remarkable artist, he never claimed that he was, we can still read the naive his poems and get a taste of the 19th century American through them.
He was born February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine for the parents, Stephen and Zilpah Longfellow, Henry, from the very beginning had a reputation for being hard-working and, among other achievements, including time freely in Latin at the age of 6, he published his first poem at the age ofIn the
13.1822year, he enrolled in the College Bowdoin. After his graduation in 1825, Longfellow received a professorship at Bowdoin College in 1831, he married Mary Storer Potter. He also published …show more content…
He also wrote a sonnet "Evening Star", dedicated to his beautiful wife Frances A. Longfellow. Nevertheless, sadness again struck his family in the form of the death of Fanny after her dress caught fire July 9, 1861 Henry and Frances Longfellow was married for 18 years and had six children together and Longfellow seemed to feel that her death to a large extent as he did not write for some time after her death.
In 1879, the now aging Longfellow wrote "Snow Crest" to express grief, he is still trying to overcome the death of his second wife.
In March 1882, Longfellow went to sleep with a strong abdominal pain. He died on 24 March of the same year at the age of 75 years, now let's talk about his writing style a bit. Longfellow was a celebrity in America in the 19th century and early 20th. Although he lacked originality, he brought a style of literature in America that did not exist before. His approach to writing was imitative, not imagination, as well as other famous poets of his time, but also through his letters, he stayed to himself, which brought him a lot uvazheniyaslovah
Longfellow was an outstanding poet in his time, and even if the time managed to show that he is something less than a remarkable artist, he never claimed that he was, we can still read the naive his poems and get a taste of the 19th century American through them.
He was born February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine for the parents, Stephen and Zilpah Longfellow, Henry, from the very beginning had a reputation for being hard-working and, among other achievements, including time freely in Latin at the age of 6, he published his first poem at the age ofIn the
13.1822year, he enrolled in the College Bowdoin. After his graduation in 1825, Longfellow received a professorship at Bowdoin College in 1831, he married Mary Storer Potter. He also published …show more content…
He also wrote a sonnet "Evening Star", dedicated to his beautiful wife Frances A. Longfellow. Nevertheless, sadness again struck his family in the form of the death of Fanny after her dress caught fire July 9, 1861 Henry and Frances Longfellow was married for 18 years and had six children together and Longfellow seemed to feel that her death to a large extent as he did not write for some time after her death.
In 1879, the now aging Longfellow wrote "Snow Crest" to express grief, he is still trying to overcome the death of his second wife.
In March 1882, Longfellow went to sleep with a strong abdominal pain. He died on 24 March of the same year at the age of 75 years, now let's talk about his writing style a bit. Longfellow was a celebrity in America in the 19th century and early 20th. Although he lacked originality, he brought a style of literature in America that did not exist before. His approach to writing was imitative, not imagination, as well as other famous poets of his time, but also through his letters, he stayed to himself, which brought him a lot uvazheniyaslovah