The Song of Hiawatha is an epic poem, written in trochaic tetrameter. Longfellow commenced the poem with a depiction of nature; Nawadaha’s source of information, playing a paramount role. Longfellow compiled all of these stories about Hiawatha; heeded as a hero. We are introduced to Hiawatha and follow him along his life until his death. Throughout American poetry we are encountered with un-American forms and styles. Britain´s English prevails in many works, but Longfellow kept it as American as it can be. In this epic, Hiawatha’s chronicles are narrated. Nawadaha illustrates “how he prayed and how he fasted, how he lived and toiled, and suffered, that the tribes of men might prosper, that he might advance his people”, resembling Jesus.
