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"The Song of Hiawatha" is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 1855. Written in a specific trochaic tetrameter, the poem is inspired by Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) legends and oral traditions collected by ethnographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. The plot follows the life of Hiawatha, the mythical hero and warrior, from his miraculous birth and childhood with grandmother Nokomis, to his heroic exploits, his love for Minnehaha, and his final departure westward with the arrival of white settlers. The plot is located on the southern shore of Lake Superior, in the Pictured Rocks area of ??Michigan. The poem is recognizable by its rhythm, which Longfellow took from the Finnish epic Kalevala. Although the poem was a huge success and made Longfellow a literary star, it is now criticized for Europeanizing indigenous legends and promoting the myth of the "noble savage" who peacefully retreats before colonization. Nevertheless, the work has inspired numerous composers (such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Antonín Dvořák) and artists such as the sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Abridged and edited by H. A. Treble. This edition was probably published in the 1920s.
