The Song of Hiawatha

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epic poem narrative poem

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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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
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 →
firstEditionFormat	book →
firstPublisher	Ticknor and Fields →
form	verse →
genre	Native American-themed literature → epic poetry →
hasAdaptation	The Song of Hiawatha (1913 film) → The Song of Hiawatha (1937 film) → 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 →
publicationYear	1855 →
setting	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 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Song of Hiawatha ("The Song of Hiawatha (1913 film)") → The Song of Hiawatha ("The Song of Hiawatha (1937 film)") → The Song of Hiawatha ("The Song of Hiawatha (1952 film)") →	hasAdaptation
The Courtship of Miles Standish →	followedSuccessOf
Minnehaha County, South Dakota ("Minnehaha (fictional Native American woman in Longfellow’s poem "The Song of Hiawatha")") →	namedAfter
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow →	notableWork
Old Corner Bookstore →	publisherOf