Elegiac Verse

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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Topic

Thinking big Goals

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

Elegiac Verse In the Harbor

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Elegiac Verse." In the Harbor. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882, st. 11.