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The Song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Start date: January 1, 2020

Finish date: March 31, 2020

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Dec 30, 2018 Sara rated it liked it

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By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,
Daughter of the moon, Nokomis.
Bright before it beat the water,
Beat the clear and sunny water,
Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.
There the wrinkled old Nokomis
Nursed the little Hiawatha,
Rocked him in his linden cradle,
Bedded soft in moss and rushes,

Born circa 1450, Hiawatha was a Native American visionary. He is thought to be responsible for forming the Iroquois Confederacy, an alliance of five tribes that resulted ...more

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Jan 22, 2015 Laura rated it really liked it

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From BBC Radio 4 - Drama:
This epic narrative poem, with its picturesque and highly imaginative tales, threads the many aspects of native American mythology concerning life, nature and ritual. Weaving together "beautiful traditions into a whole" as Longfellow intended. ...more

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Oct 07, 2023 GONZA rated it liked it

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This poem reminded me, and not only to me I suppose, of both the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Luisiads. I read it because of a group here on Goodreads and I was completely unaware of its existence and, as happy as I was to have read it, I admit that I fell asleep several times during "the journey". Maybe it's just because of the somewhat outdated English and my ignorance of the underlying Native American myths, it may be so.

Questo poema mi ha ricordato, come penso non solo a me, sia l'epopea di Gi ...more

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