poem "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"Evangeline" is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic love story of an Acadian woman separated from her betrothed during the 18th-century expulsion of the Acadians.

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instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
adaptation musical adaptations ⓘ
silent films ⓘ
sound films ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception popular success in the 19th century ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1847 ⓘ
genre historical poetry ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ
hasIllustratedEdition True ⓘ
historicalContext French and Indian War ⓘ
historicalEventDepicted Expulsion of the Acadians ⓘ
influenced Acadian cultural identity ⓘ
American romantic literature ⓘ
influencedBy Hexameter tradition in German poetry ⓘ
Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
classical epic poetry ⓘ
languageStyle elevated poetic diction ⓘ
literaryForm epic verse ⓘ
romantic narrative ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
loveInterest Gabriel Lajeunesse ⓘ
mainCharacter Evangeline Bellefontaine ⓘ
Gabriel Lajeunesse ⓘ
meter dactylic hexameter ⓘ
notableLine This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
part Part the First ⓘ
Part the Second ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Boston ⓘ
primaryTheme exile ⓘ
faithfulness ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ
protagonist Evangeline Bellefontaine ⓘ
publicationYear 1847 ⓘ
publisher William D. Ticknor & Company ⓘ
settingLocation Acadia ⓘ
American Midwest ⓘ
Grand-Pré ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
settingPeriod 18th century ⓘ
structure two parts ⓘ
subjectMatter Acadian diaspora ⓘ
tragic love story ⓘ
title Evangeline ⓘ

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