Henry Longfellow is an American poet who writes about life and brings meaning to it in his poems. In several of his poems, the reader will find examples of life, love, death, contemplation, and inspiration. This paper depicts Henry Longfellow’s poems through summaries and illustration’s. In the poem “A Psalm of Life”, Found in United States Literature by Robert Hayden, Longfellow discusses life and inspires one that life is worth living. This poem …showed first 75 words of 1871 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1871 total…through life, your friends, and family will be taken away, they wont be around forever, and gently our time comes to rest. Examples of love, life, death, contemplation, and inspiration have been discussed and illustrated in the works of Henry Longfellow. Research has shown that Henry Longfellow was a very inspiring poet, especially in the subject of life. Henry Longfellow used his themes to inspire ones life and to also demonstrate a love for life.