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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES

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“Where swinging wide at her moorings layThe Somerset, British man-of-war;A phantom ship, with each mast and sparAcross the moon like a prison barAnd a huge black hulk, that was magnifiedBy its own reflection in the tide."In these lines, the British warship seems
A
haunted
B
menacing
C
indestructible
D
useless
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Somerset Symbolizes the threat of British rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -Longfellow uses word choice to create an ominous mood in his poem. He describes The Somerset, when he sees it in the Charleston River, as “A phantom ship” with “Sombre rafters.” Sombre means dull and dark. This is the mood and feeling of the poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lines 15-16 Then he said, ‘Good-night!’ and with muffled oar. Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore. Sneaky plan in place, Paul says good night to his friend. He rows across the river with “muffled oar.” To muffle (to make quiet) would probably be wrapping some cloth around the oars.

Detailed explanation-4: -For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

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