Henry Longfellow was a world renowned poet who wrote poems in a unique, yet, beautiful style. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, on February 27, 1807. Henry Longfellow married twice, both wives died, and he had six children with his second spouse, Longfellow’s early career consisted of studying modern languages in Europe. Later, Longfellow took a job as a professor at Harvard. In 1839, Longfellow published his first poem collection. Longfellow later, in 1854, quit his position at Harvard to devote his full attention and time towards poetry. Longfellow gained fame for his poems, and was regarded as the best American poet of his time. Some of his most famous works were, Hiawatha, Evangeline, and Tales of a Wayside Inn. The time period that