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Analysis and comments on THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Comment 2 of 2, added on February 16th, 2006 at 10:43 PM.

A well written peom from a bad time in our country

Dennis
Comment 1 of 2, added on October 12th, 2004 at 11:17 PM.

This poem is much less verbose than most of Longfellow's other poems. The
brevity helps the poem from becoming bogged down in sentimentality. The
imagery is vivid and precise. I really enjoy it.

Mary Beth Hutchinson from United States



Information about THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT

Poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poem: 5. THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT
Volume: Poems on Slavery
Added: Feb 1 2004
Viewed: 5638 times
Poem of the Day: Nov 13 2003


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