June 17, 2026

What literary figure published poems inspired by both Minneapolis–Saint Paul and San Blas, Mexico?

A Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
B Emily Dickinson
C Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
D Edgar Allan Poe

The epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha," inspired by Ojibwe legends, is famously associated with Minneapolis–Saint Paul. San Blas, Nayarit, is linked to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow through the bronze bells of its ruins, which are said to have inspired his poem "The Bells of San Blas."

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