It's difficult for me to rate this. On one hand, the language was lovely. On the other hand, it was laid on a bit thick in parts. On a third hand, these poems were written in the 1800's so who am I to really judge pieces written so far away from where I am?

I'll just say that I'm glad I read these poems, and Evangeline was very interesting, but Longfellow isn't a poet that intrigues me as much as other writers from his time.