Summary Of John Longfellow's Calendar '

everything around him. Longfellow then goes on to talk about how him counting is compared to God when he says. “ I count, as God of avenues and gates, The years that through my petals come and go.” (Longfellow's lines 1-4) Following that Longfellow talks about the hazards snow can bring. I block the roads, and drift the fields with snow; I chase the wild-fowl from the frozen fen.” This is describing how harsh snow can be by blocking off the roads. However with snow cones ice and the ice spreads across the ground below the snow. After his explanation of the snow Longfellow talks about the rivers freezing slowly through the day and night by saying. My frost congeal the rivers in their flow, My fores light up the hearths and hearts of men. The frozen ponds are forming but the fires strong enough to warm your heart according to Longfellow.”The voice of January in Longfellow's 'The Poet's Calendar' says, 'My fire's light up the hearths and hearts of men.
Longfellows describes the sea as his own possession when sayings. “I am lustration , and the sea is mine! I wash the sands and headlands with my tide.” Longfellow's is describing himself as pure and the water washes over the land. Now Longfellow explains his brow to the sea when he says. “My brow is crowned with branches of pine; Before my chariot- Wheels the fishes glide.” His brow being crowned is symbolic of authority over the sea. Following that Longfellow explained the purification over the land and uses repetition to show it when he says. “ By me all things unclean are purified, By me the souls of men washed white again.” Everything is clean around him, and people around him are clean as well. Longfellows says that those that are deceased are clean also. E.en the unlovely tombs of those who died Without a dirge, I cleanse from every stain.” Longfellow is saying that he will clean the dead of all impurities. (Longfellow’s lines