Epic poem · 1855

The Song of Hiawatha

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A trochaic epic drawing on Ojibwe legend, following the life of the hero Hiawatha — his childhood, wooing, feats, and eventual departure — in a rhythm modeled on the Finnish Kalevala.

Contents · 22 parts

• The Peace-Pipeabout 160 lines
• The Four Windsabout 300 lines
• Hiawatha's Childhoodabout 240 lines
• Hiawatha and Mudjekeewisabout 300 lines
• Hiawatha's Fastingabout 290 lines
• Hiawatha's Friendsabout 180 lines
• Hiawatha's Sailingabout 140 lines
• Hiawatha's Fishingabout 240 lines
• Hiawatha and the Pearl-Featherabout 300 lines
• Hiawatha's Wooingabout 280 lines
• Hiawatha's Wedding-Feastabout 240 lines
• The Son of the Evening Starabout 380 lines
• Blessing the Cornfieldsabout 240 lines
• Picture-Writingabout 180 lines
• Hiawatha's Lamentationabout 220 lines
• Pau-Puk-Keewisabout 260 lines
• The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewisabout 370 lines
• The Death of Kwasindabout 120 lines
• The Ghostsabout 220 lines
• The Famineabout 180 lines
• The White Man's Footabout 230 lines
• Hiawatha's Departureabout 250 lines

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