 |
|
Search "Excelsior"
|
Excelsior: Longfellow's poem was originally printed in the 1841 edition of Ballads and Other Poems, which also included other well-known poems such as The Wreck of the Hesperus |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
Excelsior | |
|
About 4 pages (1,223 words) in 2 products |
|
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
 Excelsior Information
304 words, approx. 1 pages
 Excelsior is a brief poem written and published in 1841 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The famous Sam Lloyd chess problem, Excelsior, was named after this poem. The poem describes a young man passing through a town bearing the banner "Excelsior"... 
  summary from source:
 Minnesota Monthly Longfellow Grill
05/01/2005: 518 words, approx. 2 pages [QUICK BITE ] 2990 W. River Pkwy., Minneapolis, 612-721-2711 THESE DAYS, THE CHARM of the greasy spoon is getting a little too slippery to swallow. As much as we love the worn counter stools at the Ideal Diner and the tabletop jukeboxes... summary from source:
Portland Press Herald (Maine) A Longfellow Christmas
12/12/2004: 447 words, approx. 2 pages Portland Press Herald (Maine) 12-12-2004 A Longfellow Christmas Edition: Final Section: Maine Life Memo: IF YOU GO WHEN: Through Dec. 31 WHERE:Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 489 Congress St., Portland HOW MUCH: $7, $6 for seniors and students, $3 for ages 5 to 17, free for... summary from source:
 Kiplinger.com Excelsior Under New Management
10/2/2007: 627 words, approx. 2 pages Excelsior Value & Restructuring, a fund that buys the beaten-down shares of companies in transition, is undergoing a change of its own. Effective October 1, the fund -- a member of the Kiplinger 25 -- fell under the management of the Columbia Funds.In July,... summary from source:
The New York Observer Comptroller Scuttlebutt
12/26/2006: 379 words, approx. 1 pagesAzi called in this morning from San Francisco, where he is visiting his brother. That kind of surprised me: I'd kind of been going on the assumption that Azi sprang fully formed, Athena-style, from the head of Ben Smith, and the existence of a brother...
Featured Essays
summary from source:
 Essay Grade: 86%Longfellow's Romantic Hero: the Protagonist in "rip Van Winkle"
919 words, approx. 3 pages
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow helps us discover the meaning of a true Romantic hero. In his poems A "Psalm of Life" and "Excelsior," we discover what makes someone a Romantic hero and we are able to define this title. To help us further illustrate what a Romantic hero is, Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" tells the story of Rip and portrays the protagonist as a Romantic hero at times. However, at others times, Rip is as far from a Romantic hero as one can get. Throughout Longfe
|
Excelsior | |
|
About 4 pages (1,223 words) in 2 products |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
