THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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a stranger that passes through a village
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a river that empties into the ocean
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a divided nation that unites during a war
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a small spark that starts a large fire
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lines 79-80 And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. That spark from the horse’s hooves is the spark of revolution and freedom, and it starts a fire. Well, not really, but it gets the folks in the countryside riled up and ready to fight.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride, ” became a national favourite. Written in anapestic tetrameter meant to suggest the galloping of a horse, this folk ballad recalls a hero of the American Revolution and his famous “midnight ride” to warn the Americans about the impending British raid on Concord, Massachusetts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Personification: Longfellow conveys an example of personification in the phrase “The watchful night-wind, as it went creeping from tent to tent, and seeming to whisper, All is well!” (stanza 6).
Detailed explanation-4: -"Paul Revere’s Ride” is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue of The Atlantic Monthly.