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 wife. He expresses
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