USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -"Paul Revere’s Ride, ” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is an example of a narrative poem.

Detailed explanation-2: -The purpose of Paul Revere’s midnight ride, as you may recall from your high school history class, was to race to Concord to warn Patriots Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops-700 of them-were marching to Concord to arrest them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Longfellow wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride” in 1860, in the midst of a national crisis that would break out into war a year later.

Detailed explanation-4: -Synopsis. Paul Revere’s Ride tells the story of Paul Revere and his historic ride to warn the town that the British soldiers were coming. It details Revere making the plan with the other soldier and continues through his ride and the resulting interaction between the British and American soldiers.