title: The Song of Hiawatha
author:  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
description: The Song of Hiawatha , first published in 1855, is an epic poem loosely based on the legends Chippewa Indians. It is considered a classic of American Literature.
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  ## The Song of Hiawatha
  
  
    
  
  
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  ## Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  
  
  
  
  
  ## The Song of Hiawatha
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  In the entire history of American poetry, Longfellow's Hiawatha is unique in
  the equal favor it has found with the critics and with the public. At its
  first publication, nearly half a century ago, it was hailed by the best
  critics, not only in this country but in Europe, as the finest work of its
  author, and, in the phrase of one, " the most considerable poem that has
  appeared for some years in the English tongue," and this when the great
  Victorian group was in its prime. Its popular reception was even more
  remarkable, more than fifty thousand copies being sold in the first two years,
  while since then its readers have reached well into