His poem in trochaic (troe-KAY-ick) tetrameter is about an Indian who marries Minnehaha (MIN-ee-HAH-hah) and grows up "by the shores of Gitche Gumee (GITCH-ee goo-MEE).
This poet asserts that "a soul more white never through martyrdom of fire was led" in "The Cross of Snow." He also wrote about the pilgrim Priscilla Mullins, who decides to marry John Alden in The Courtship of Miles Standish. His poem in trochaic (troe-KAY-ick) tetrameter is about an Indian who marries Minnehaha (MIN-ee-HAH-hah) and grows up "by the shores of Gitche Gumee (GITCH-ee goo-MEE)." For 10 points, name this American poet of The Song of Hiawatha (HIE-uh-WAH-thah).
This poet asserts that "a soul more white never through martyrdom of fire was led" in "The Cross of Snow."
Henry Wadsworth {Longfellow}