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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Life Works Evaluation The Secret of the Sea Life Longfellow was born in Maine. One of his grandfathers was a state Senator and the other grandfather had been a Revolutionary War general and a Congressman. Following his graduation in 1826 from Bowdoin College, where he was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Longfellow went to Europe to study. When he returned to the United States three years later, he taught European languages, first at Bowdoin and then at Harvard. After 18 years of teaching at Harvard, he resigned his position because he felt it interfered with his writing. During his lifetime, 19th-century writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ranked as one of the most popular American poets. While Longfellow’s contemporaries praised his poetry for its clarity and simplicity, many modern critics fault his lines for their lack of originality. One of Longfellow’s most lasting contributions, however, may have been the role he played in popularizing poetry in America. Works Voices of the Night 1839 《夜籁集》 Ballads and Other Poems 1841《歌谣及其他》 Evangeline 1847 《伊凡吉林》 Hiawatha 《海华沙之歌》 Tales of a Wayside Inn 1863, 1872, 1873 《路边酒肆的故事》 Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems 1845 《布鲁茨的钟楼及其他》 “A Psalm of Life” 1838 《人生礼赞》 Evaluation During the last years of his life, Longfellow received many honors, including honorary degrees from Cambridge and Oxford Universities in England. After his death, a bust of Longfellow was placed in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey—the first American to be so honored. In the late 19th century, Longfellow was without a doubt the most popular American poet. After death Longfellow became a great teacher of the masses. If his worst fault is that he made poetry seem so easy to write that anyone could do it, his greatest virtue is that he made poetry seem worth reading and worth writing. Style of his poetry Conclusion 大海的奥秘 Hymn to the Night黑夜赞歌 I heard the trailing garment