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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Target entity: The Song of Hiawatha Context triple: [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, notableWork, The Song of Hiawatha]
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The Maine Woods
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Song of Hiawatha Target entity description: 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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A.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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B.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
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C.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s groundbreaking poetry collection that celebrates the individual, democracy, and the American experience in a free-verse style.
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D.
The Lacemaker
The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.
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E.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epic poem
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEditionFormat | book ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Ticknor and Fields ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American-themed literature
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epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Song of Hiawatha
self-linksurface differs
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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
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Gitche Manito ⓘ Hiawatha ⓘ Iagoo ⓘ Kwasind ⓘ Minnehaha ⓘ Nokomis ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedEditionBy |
Frederic Remington
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N. C. Wyeth ⓘ |
| influenced | later representations of Native Americans in popular culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Finnish oral poetry
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Kalevala ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gitche Manito
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Hiawatha ⓘ Minnehaha ⓘ Nokomis ⓘ |
| meter | trochaic tetrameter ⓘ |
| notableLine |
“By the shores of Gitche Gumee”
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“In the land of the Ojibways” ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American literature canon ⓘ |
| publicationPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| publicationYear | 1855 ⓘ |
| setting |
Great Lakes region
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surface form:
Great Lakes region of North America
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| structure | 22 cantos ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Ojibwe and other Native American traditions
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legendary adventures of Hiawatha ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural encounter
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heroism ⓘ love and loss ⓘ myth and legend ⓘ nature ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | 1854–1855 ⓘ |
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