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| Name | William Wordsworth (1770-1850) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) |
| Nationality | English | American |
| Poetic style | Romantic | Popular, sentimental |
| Hair Style | Sideburns | Beard |
| Reasons to Read | Poems are short, so easier to memorise. | Poems are narratives, so easier to understand. |
| Famous Poem | I wandered lonely as a cloud | Paul Revere's Ride or The Wreck of the Hesperus |
| Quotable Lines | Thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind. | There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was bad she was horrid. |
| Other | England's Poet Laureate 1843-1850 Good friends with Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Member of the Fireside Poets. Very popular during his lifetime. Said to be first American with running water. |
| More | Complete works at Bartleby.com William Wordsworth at Wikipedia | Selected poems at PoetryFoundation.org Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at Wikipedia |
Saturday 19 May 2007
Compare and Contrast: Wordsworth vs Wadsworth Longfellow
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From the school reader, I still remember this, and still wonder why the water says Mudway-aushka:
At the door on summer evenings
Sat the little Hiawatha;
Heard the whispering of the pine-trees,
Heard the lapping of the waters,
Sounds of music, words of wonder;
'Minne-wawa!" said the Pine-trees,
Mudway-aushka!" said the water.
From "Hiawatha's Childhood" - Longfellow
Thanks for the Longfellow quote - rang it in to RRR Breakfasters this morning as they couldn't remember the whole thing. Surprised myself by remembering it too :)
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