USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers, Marching down to their boats on the shore. Now Paul’s friend gets the info he needs: he hears the British soldiers gathering their weapons and marching toward the water.

Detailed explanation-2: -This popular folk ballad about a hero of the American Revolution is written in anapestic tetrameter, which was meant to suggest the galloping of a horse, and is narrated by the landlord of an inn who remembers the famous “midnight ride” to warn the Americans about the impending British invasion.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the poem, Revere tells a friend to prepare signal lanterns in the Old North Church (North End, Boston) to inform him whether the British will attack by land or sea. He would await the signal across the river in Charlestown and be ready to spread the alarm throughout Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-4: -And the midnight message of Paul Revere. The whole point of this is that the midnight message is filled with something like the American spirit. It’s a call to strength, unity, and bravery in the face of fear. Keep in mind that Longfellow wrote this right before the Civil War – another dark time for the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.