Ye, who love a nation's legends, Love the ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off Call to us to pause and listen, Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken; Listen to this Indian Legend, To this Song of Hiawatha! In this stanza from "The Song of Hiawatha," what does Henry Wadsworth Longfellow reveal about Hiawatha?

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Mccann

24 July, 14:32

Ye, who love a nation's legends, Love the ballads of a people, That like voices from afar off Call to us to pause and listen, Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken; Listen to this Indian Legend, To this Song of Hiawatha! In this stanza from "The Song of Hiawatha," what does Henry Wadsworth Longfellow reveal about Hiawatha?

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Byron Snow · Answer 1

In this stanza, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow reveals Hiawatha as a man of legend that deserves to be sung and speak because of his great deeds for the Natives. Hiawatha in the epic was Ojibwe warrior, son of the West Wind and Wenonah. He also served his people by the arrival of corn. He is the promised one of Gitche Manito to lead all the tribes in one banner.