Evangeline

¹

[ ih-van-juh-leen, -lahyn, -lin ]

noun

1. a female given name, invented by H.W. Longfellow.

Evangeline

²

[ ih-van-juh-lin ]

noun

1. a narrative poem (1847) by Longfellow.

Example Sentences

Whatever comfort Evangeline may have given Ford, it could not compensate for the death of his greatest creation.

From The Daily Beast

In the following selection from “Evangeline,” trochees are substituted for dactyls, yet there is no break in the rhythm.

From Project Gutenberg

It was Evangeline—beautiful, broken-hearted Evangeline—the white face, the great dark lustrous eyes full of unspeakable woe.

From Project Gutenberg

A lady who stayed here last summer lent me his poems, but best I understand the 'Evangeline.'

From Project Gutenberg

And absolutely necessary, Martine, to our understanding properly this land of Evangeline.

From Project Gutenberg

Beautiful as is the Evangeline of Longfellow, his Hexameter lines are sometimes hard to scan, and often grate harshly on the ear.

From Project Gutenberg