This poem recounts the story of Mowis, the bridegroom of snow, which is told by a Shoshone woman after the Comanche-induced death of her husband. This poem, which utilizes classic hexameter throughout, shows the title character eventually arrive in Philadelphia, where she becomes a Sister of Mercy. Father Felician sails down the Mississippi with the title character of this poem, looking for other inhabitants of their town, which had been disbanded by British troops. At the end of this poem, the title character meets her lover on a pallet at her mission, where he dies after trying to whisper her name. This poem begins in the town of Grand-Pre, and the title character is in love with the son of Basil the blacksmith, who is named Gabriel Lajeunesse. For ten points, identify this poem about the title Ms. Bellefontaine from Acacia, a work by H
This poem recounts the story of Mowis, the bridegroom of snow, which is told by a Shoshone woman after the Comanche-induced death of her husband. This poem, which utilizes classic hexameter throughout, shows the title character eventually arrive in Philadelphia, where she becomes a Sister of Mercy. Father Felician sails down the Mississippi with the title character of this poem, looking for other inhabitants of their town, which had been disbanded by British troops. At the end of this poem, the title character meets her lover on a pallet at her mission, where he dies after trying to whisper her name. This poem begins in the town of Grand-Pre, and the title character is in love with the son of Basil the blacksmith, who is named Gabriel Lajeunesse. For ten points, identify this poem about the title Ms. Bellefontaine from Acacia, a work by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This poem recounts the story of Mowis, the bridegroom of snow, which is told by a Shoshone woman after the Comanche-induced death of her husband.
“{Evangeline}”