Longfellow

[lawng-fel-oh, long-]

noun

1. Henry Wadsworth 1807–82, U.S. poet.

Longfellow

/ ˈlɒŋˌfɛləʊ /

noun

1. Henry Wadsworth. 1807–82, US poet, noted particularly for his long narrative poems Evangeline (1847) and The Song of Hiawatha (1855)

Example Sentences

The cantata is based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tale of an Ojibwe warrior in what is now Michigan.

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Videos of the bubbles, visible between 33rd Street and Longfellow Avenue, spread on social media, with commenters offering a variety of wild and not-so-wild theories.

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She could multiply fractions, turn a cartwheel, and recite entire stanzas of “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” a marvelous poem about a shipwreck by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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The fact that Mr. Longfellow’s poem was about a shipwreck also made Penelope think of the cannibal book.

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Did they enjoy the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

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