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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