One character in this poem tells a story of an orphan girl falsely accused and executed for the theft of a pearl necklace, which is then found in a magpie nest built into the scales of balance of a statue of Justice.
One character in this poem tells a story of an orphan girl falsely accused and executed for the theft of a pearl necklace, which is then found in a magpie nest built into the scales of balance of a statue of Justice. One part of this poem describes how "the deep-voiced neighboring ocean speaks" and receives an answer "in accents disconsolate." The two main characters of this poem are the children of the farmer Benedict and the blacksmith Basil, respectively, and are from the town of Grand-Pré. The protagonist of this poem works as a Sister of Mercy in Philadelphia, where she is reunited with her lover, Gabriel Lajeunesse. For 10 points, name this poem beginning "This is the forest primeval," a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about an Acadian woman.
One character in this poem tells a story of an orphan girl falsely accused and executed for the theft of a pearl necklace, which is then found in a magpie nest built into the scales of balance of a statue of Justice.
{Evangeline,} A Tale of Acadie