THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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The fate of a nation was riding that night.
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Listen, my children, and you shall hear ____
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And seeming to whisper, “All is well.”
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And so through the night went his cry of alarm.
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Detailed explanation-1: -And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does “the fate of a nation was riding that night” (line 78) mean? Revere’s ride will determine the nation’s destiny. Alerting the colonists that the British were coming meant that they would have time to organize a defense and win their independence. It is a spark of revolution and freedom.
Detailed explanation-3: -How does this painting convey the idea that “the fate of a nation was riding that night” as mentioned in Longfellow’s poem? Revere and his horse are both presented dynamically, giving the viewer a sense of the urgency of Revere’s mission, as if much was at stake.
Detailed explanation-4: -Paul Revere had the task of alerting the colonial soldiers of the coming of the British, which he did swiftly and courageously. This is the poem’s theme: bravery, and the importance of one man’s efforts in a crucial moment.
Detailed explanation-5: -The words used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” to describe the signal used to guide the “midnight ride of Paul Revere” at the start of the Revolutionary War.