Lyric Poem · Nature
Afternoon in February
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“Afternoon in February” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — quilloak.com/poems/afternoon-in-february
Quick facts
- Poem
- Afternoon in February
- Poet
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Length
- 24 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Death & Loss, Winter
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 24 lines · 6 quatrains
- Line length
- Mostly 5-syllable lines.
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882
- Source record
- PoetryDBAfternoon in February by henry-wadsworth-longfellow, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 2dfe8fb18d929cd3…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.