Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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P. 248 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1. What years was Longfellow alive? How old was he when he died?

2. Where was Longfellow born?

3. How did Longfellow's wives die?

4. What was the reason for Longfellow's long beard?

5. What was the name of Longfellow's first collection of poems?

6. What has Longfellow's poetry been criticized for?

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7. What happened in Longfellow's life prior to him writing "A Psalm of Life"?

8. Which Longfellow poem reveals his acceptance of the inevitability of death?

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9. When reading poetry, what does it mean to "associate the images with life"?

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10. What is it called when you reverse the subject and the verb of a sentence?

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11. What are "stanzas"?

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12. What is the meaning of the Latin root, "face"?