What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist

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"What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist" is an alternative title for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s inspirational poem "A Psalm of Life," which urges a vigorous, purposeful approach to life and action.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
alternativeTitleOf A Psalm of Life ⓘ
author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ
collection Voices of the Night ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
discourages passive, fatalistic view of life ⓘ
encourages leaving a lasting legacy ⓘ
trust in God while acting in the world ⓘ
famousLine Footprints on the sands of time ⓘ
Life is real! Life is earnest! ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1838 ⓘ
form stanzaic poem ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasSpeaker young man addressing a psalmist ⓘ
influenced Victorian moral verse ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod American Romanticism ⓘ
meter trochaic tetrameter ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 9 ⓘ
openingLine Tell me not, in mournful numbers ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABAB ⓘ
subject human life and destiny ⓘ
individual responsibility ⓘ
theme active approach to life ⓘ
moral and spiritual uplift ⓘ
purposeful living ⓘ
tone didactic ⓘ
inspirational ⓘ
urges vigorous, purposeful action ⓘ

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A Psalm of Life → alsoKnownAs → What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist ⓘ