The Song of Hiawatha

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The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that narrates the legendary adventures of the Native American hero Hiawatha in a rhythmic, chant-like meter.

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instanceOf epic poem
narrative poem
author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
basedOn Native American legends
controversy use of stereotyped and romanticized depictions of Native Americans
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat book
firstPublisher Ticknor and Fields
form verse
genre Native American-themed literature
epic poetry
hasAdaptation The Song of Hiawatha self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1913 film)

The Song of Hiawatha self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1937 film)

The Song of Hiawatha self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1952 film)

musical compositions based on the poem
hasCharacter Chibiabos
Gitche Manito
Hiawatha
Iagoo
Kwasind
Minnehaha
Nokomis
hasIllustratedEditionBy Frederic Remington
N. C. Wyeth
influenced later representations of Native Americans in popular culture
influencedBy Finnish oral poetry
Kalevala
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainCharacter Gitche Manito
Hiawatha
Minnehaha
Nokomis
meter trochaic tetrameter
notableLine “By the shores of Gitche Gumee”
“In the land of the Ojibways”
originalLanguage English
partOf American literature canon
publicationPlace Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
publicationYear 1855
setting Great Lakes region
surface form: Great Lakes region of North America
structure 22 cantos
subjectMatter Ojibwe and other Native American traditions
legendary adventures of Hiawatha
theme cultural encounter
heroism
love and loss
myth and legend
nature
timePeriodOfComposition 1854–1855

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow notableWork The Song of Hiawatha
The Song of Hiawatha hasAdaptation The Song of Hiawatha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1913 film)
The Song of Hiawatha hasAdaptation The Song of Hiawatha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1937 film)
The Song of Hiawatha hasAdaptation The Song of Hiawatha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1952 film)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota namedAfter The Song of Hiawatha
this entity surface form: Minnehaha (fictional Native American woman in Longfellow’s poem "The Song of Hiawatha")
Old Corner Bookstore publisherOf The Song of Hiawatha
Nokomis appearsIn The Song of Hiawatha
Hiawatha describedIn The Song of Hiawatha
Hiawatha relatedWork The Song of Hiawatha
this entity surface form: The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Minnehaha appearsIn The Song of Hiawatha
Gitche Manito appearsIn The Song of Hiawatha
Chibiabos appearsIn The Song of Hiawatha
Kwasind appearsIn The Song of Hiawatha
Kwasind firstAppearance The Song of Hiawatha
Iagoo appearsIn The Song of Hiawatha
Iagoo firstPublishedIn The Song of Hiawatha
this entity surface form: The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
Longfellow family notableWork The Song of Hiawatha
subject surface form: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow