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It is amazing that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow could put so much into a 52 page poem. There is the love story, of course, and the themes of devotion and persistence, but there is also faith, forgiveness, the cruelties of war, injustice, extreme loss, strength of character, and reclamation.
The descriptive quality of his poetry is mesmerizing. I felt I could see the Acadian village, the Louisiana bayou and the western mountains. Does this not describe the spread of an epidemic perfectly:
And, as th ...more
The descriptive quality of his poetry is mesmerizing. I felt I could see the Acadian village, the Louisiana bayou and the western mountains. Does this not describe the spread of an epidemic perfectly:
And, as th ...more
Just back from a wonderful hiking trip on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and want to learn more about the history of this magical place. Evangeline is a fictional account of lovers separated by the British expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia in the 18th century. It's Longfellow, so florid and melodramatic, but also surprisingly touching. Now I'm on to some non-fictional Cape Breton history...
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Heartbreaking and unforgettable
Beautiful prose tells a heartbreaking love story. "Man is unjust but God is just" is but one of Longfellow's memorable lines. ...more
Beautiful prose tells a heartbreaking love story. "Man is unjust but God is just" is but one of Longfellow's memorable lines. ...more
Feb 15, 2014
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