Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: The Great Honored and Criticized Poet

Langston Hughes clearly connects with a wide range of audiences through the simplicity that surrounds his poetry. The beauty of this manner in which he wrote his poetry, is that it grasp people by illustrating his narratives of the common lifestyles experienced by the current American generation. His art form expresses certain questionable ideologies of life and exposes to the audience what it takes to fully comprehend what being an American truly means. Each individual poem describes and illustrates the strength and hardships the African American community was experiencing. Through his literature art form of poetry, Hughes was able to convey the common assertions of

Huey Long was birthed August 30, 1893, in a little countryside area called Winnfield Louisiana. He was born to the parent of Caledonia and Huey Long Senior. Huey being the seventh child of nine surviving children, was lucky because back then there so few opportunities for large families with a minute amount of money.

He published papers of ichthyology, botany, archaeology, anthropology, entomology, and geology. He used his prestige and his intellect to further the cultural life of the city of New York. He always strove to win public support for education and scientific research. He organized the Public School Society in 1805. He became the Chief Patron of New York City Hospital and the New York Orphan Society. He also secured the charter of the N.Y. Historical Society, serving as the president in 1817. He was the founder of the N.Y. Literary and Philosophical Society. He also served as president of the American Academy of Art and vice president of the American Bible Society. He attempted to set American intellectual life on a firm European foundation because America was seen as inferior to Europe at the time. These issues affect my character the most because he was deeply interested in educational and cultural affairs in the state of New York. He used his power to further the education of the people of New York. He was an active participant in education and he always tried to win support for education and research. As you can see, he was involved in many organizations that focus mainly on the wellbeing of the people, the educational system, and as well the arts. He was deeply motivated by this because he tried to make America as intellectual as possible so they can be up to par, maybe

Langston Hughes once said, “Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.” Poetry has had a profound impact on the society and culture of the American people, changing styles throughout the decades, but remaining steady in

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow incorporates religious themes into his poetical work. His religious beliefs were in favor of his Christian faith, unlike others who found all the negative aspects of Catholicism. His poetical works such as "Christus", "The Divine Tragedy" and "The Bells of San Blas" show his positivity toward the Catholic church. In Longfellow 's life, he went through periods of depression as a reaction to his wives ' deaths. During these times of sorrow, Longfellow turned to his faith which helped him move through the mourning process. In Longfellow 's pre-poet days, he served as a priest and went to college attending a religious class. Longfellow took his religion seriously, and expressed his fealty through his work.

Although educated to be a scientist at the wishes of his father, he soon developed a great interest in literature, becoming first devoted to Anglo-Saxon and then writing poetry. At Oxford he studied English literature and philosophy. Following a short period of time in

The exact date and year of his birth are unknown but some say it was between 1861-1864; in Diamond, Missouri. His parent’s names were Mary Carver and Giles Carver. George was separated from his mom at a young age. Elizabeth MacLeod wrote this book about George Washington Carver “An Innovative Life. As a little boy George Washington Carver loved to grow and collect plants. Many people called him the plant doctor because he would save dying plants.

James Mercer Langston Hughes, (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was born in Joplin, Missouri, to James Nathaniel and Caroline Hughes in 1902. Hughes’ parents were of mixed-race, and Langston Hughes was of African American, European American and Native American descent. Hughes' father left his family and later divorced Carrie using it as a way to escape the unbearable racism in America. After his parents’ separation, his mother travelled in

Henry David Thoreau was a man of many things, a writer, philosopher, carpenter and a pencil maker. He left his home where he lived with his parent and siblings to live alone in a cabin he built near the Walden Pond. While living in the cabin he wrote the book The Walden and learned about life through nature. After leaving his cabin he stayed with his friend, mentor and at time enemy Ralph Emerson. While at the Emerson he tutored his children, worked in the garden and did carpentered work.

The Romanticism era let writers express their thoughts about various ideas through their words. While some focused on nature or the imagination, others wrote about their own opinions on different subject matter. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Henry David Thoreau both depicted their individual thoughts in their works. To convey specific truths about life, Longfellow and Thoreau use their own views in their writings to reveal the truths.

William Wordsworth’s poem, “Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting The Banks Of The Wye During A Tour. July 13, 1798” (also known as simply, “Tintern Abbey”), was included in the book Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. This was a joint effort between himself and author Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “Tintern Abbey” remains one of Wadsworth’s most famous poems, and at its printing, the book was completely sold out in two years. The name of the poem reflects the inspiration Wadsworth felt upon visiting the ruins of an old church called Tintern Abbey, with his sister Dorothy.

John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Being the son to John Whittier and Abigail Hussey Whittier, two devoted Quakers1, he grew up at their countryside homestead given little formal schooling due to the lack of economic stability as their farm was not very profitable. Whittier was however an eager reader, studying his fathers books on Quakerism until he later on got introduced to poetry by his teacher. On June 8, 1826, Whittier's sister sent his very first poem “The Exile's Departure” to William Lloyd Garrison, an editor to the Newburyport Free Press, who published it even though neither he or Whittier's sister had the permission granted by Whittier himself to do so. The year after, Whittier

In this part, it is centered on the form and the structure of the poem. I’ve interpret the poem based on its style, sound and structure and the usage of semiotics in order to fully understand the poem. Just like in the 1st part, following the commands of God and as we have finished it and as the world modernized even more, we tend to disappear and fade away.

At the young age of thirteen, Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878~July 22, 1967) left school to work in several jobs to help support his family. Later, however, he went to Lombard College and graduated with several honorary degrees not only from Lombard, but also from Knox and the Northwestern University. In 1904, Sandburg published his first poem, “Reckless Ecstasy” and would marry Lillian Steichen four years later. He was fond of the free-verse style and was part of the Chicago literary renaissance. Also, he won three Pulitzer Prizes in total and one of them was for the six volume biography about Abraham Lincoln that Sandburg had worked on for thirty

Longfellow’s life.The couple had six children, five of whom lived to adulthood, and the marriage gave him a