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The Village Blacksmith, under a chestnut tree

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Year: 1841 Length: 371 characters Difficulty: easy Public domain

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Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands, And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long; His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.

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Longfellow published The Village Blacksmith in 1841 in Ballads and Other Poems. The smithy of the poem stood in Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near his own house. When the chestnut tree was felled, children of the town put their pennies together and had a chair made for the poet from its wood. Wikisource carries the anthology text.

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Longfellow published The Village Blacksmith in 1841 in Ballads and Other Poems. The smithy of the poem stood in Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near his own house. When the chestnut tree was felled, children of the town put their pennies together and had a chair made for the poet from its wood. Wikisource carries the anthology text.

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Regular short lines with a semicolon at most stanza ends, good for building a calm repeating rhythm.

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