[DOC] [TLE] The Song of Hiawatha - Wikipedia [PAR] The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry 
Wadsworth ... Longfellow's sources for the legends and ethnography found in his 
poem .... the same meter as Kalevala, the Finnish epic compiled by Elias Lnnrot 
from ..... the recent parodies, good, bad, and indifferent, on The Song of Hiawatha
. [DOC] [TLE] Kalevala - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kalevala or The Kalewala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by 
Elias Lnnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is 
regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the .... These 
works were an inspiration for Elias Lnnrot in creating his masters thesis at Turku 
University... [DOC] [TLE] Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha and Kalevala - JStor [PAR] (meter) of Hiawatha was not taken from the Finnish epic. The ... to know that his 
poem did not follow its poetic techniques" (p. 2o). ... The best evidence of it is 
provided by Longfellow's numerous pen- ... of the form of The Song of Hiawatha. [DOC] [TLE] The Song of Hiawatha Essay - The Song of Hiawatha, Henry ... [PAR] The Song of Hiawatha is an episodic poem arranged in twenty-three cantos. ... 
the animals of the woods educate Hiawatha, who grows up to be a great hunter. 
... the solemn, unrhymed tetrameter of the Finns' Kalevala has caused his poem 
to be ... to the extent that some have felt Longfellow plagiarized the Finnish work. [DOC] [TLE] The Song of Hiawatha - Folkloric and Ethnographic Critiques ... [PAR] The Song of Hiawatha - Folkloric and Ethnographic Critiques - Inspiration ... The 
Song of Hiawatha was written in trochaic tetrameter, the same meter as Kalevala, 
the Finnish epic reconstructed by Elias Lnnrot from fragments of folk poetry. ... 
for his poem has an artificiality that the Kalevala, in its own language, does not. [DOC] [TLE] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Biography and Works. Search Texts ... [PAR] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), American professor and poet wrote ... 
of the Finnish National Epic poem "Kalevala", written by Elias Lnnrot (1802-
1884). ... unorthodox meters, but it earned him much esteem from his 
contemporaries. ... One of his next most famous works The Song of Hiawatha 
showed him at the... [DOC] [TLE] Kalevala [PAR] The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic, compiled by Elias Lnnrot ... For a 
period, Lnnrot believed that the epic poems he had found, were fragments of a 
great masterpiece. ... been translated into some 45 languages and inspired many 
Finnish artists, ... used Kalevala's meter and style in his poem The Song of 
Hiawatha. [DOC] [TLE] Kalevala | Finnish literature | Britannica.com [PAR] Jun 10, 2015 ... ... spirit, the poem has been translated into at least 20 languages; it has inspired 
many ... The epic style and metre of the poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry ... 
and of Elias Lnnrot (compiler of the great Finnish epic-miscellany the Kalevala, 
... His tale The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) initiated the. [DOC] [TLE] Longfellow and Tolkien: the Finnish Connection | Catholicism.org [PAR] Sep 30, 2009 ... The Protestant American author of Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha is not 
generally associated ... It is known that Longfellow had read the Finish epic  at 
least in a ... an appropriate meter for his poem, so this is of great importance. ... 
For his part, Tolkien was influenced by the Kalevala as a linguist... [DOC] [TLE] Poets' Corner - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - The Song of Hiawatha [PAR] One of his most recognizable works is The Song of Hiawatha, based on an ... The 
meter he used was based on a Finnish epic poem called the Kalevala. [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Kalevala: The Ancient Epic of Finland (Audible Audio ... [PAR] Amazon.com: Kalevala: The Ancient Epic of Finland (Audible Audio Edition): 
Elias Lonnrot, ... knew from the Kalevala and which he used in his famous Song 
of Hiawatha. .... the same work that inspired Longfellow's 1855 "The Song

Question: The meter for his poem "The Song of Hiawatha" was inspired by the great Finnish epic "Kalevala"
Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow