The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Written in 1855, The Song of Hiawatha is an epic poem about an Indian named Hiawatha who is a great warrior and about his love for Minnehaha. I read it some time ago, and it was quite good. The meter of the poem was magnificent; I love trochaic tetrameter. There wasn't much of a plot that I can remember. It's amazing how a book in poem can be so interesting. I thought it would be a hard read, and in fact, it was rather easy. Hiawatha was immortalized, of course, being less of a character than a hero, but you liked him immensely, anyway. I'd never read an epic poem and this was extremely good.