Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “The Village Blacksmith”, as a ballad in which he is describing the deep emotions and the great sorrow in “The Life of a Hard Working Smithy” in the early 1900’s. His poem expresses the smithy’s pride at being an honest, hard-working man. This is something that seems to be lacking in today’s society. The smithy shows his feelings for the love of his children and that of his lost …showed first 75 words of 300 total…

…showed last 75 words of 300 total…late wife and then a tear falls from his eye. This was because of the sorrow of missing his wife. The poem, “The Village Blacksmith”, first describes where the smithy does his work. It then explains about the man himself and how hard he works for his children. The poet expresses the smithy’s feelings for family and his lost late wife. The smithy is thankful for his livelihood, which is good, honest, hard work.