THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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“Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.”
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“Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride
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“He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sightA second lamp in the belfry burns!”
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“The fate of a nation was riding that night;”
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Detailed explanation-1: -In line 78, what does the speaker mean by ‘the fate of a nation was riding that night?’ 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. The poem says that Revere rode in to Concord.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -Stanza Four The narrative of ‘Paul Revere’s Ride’ progresses smoothly and clearly into the fourth stanza. Here, the speaker describes how Revere’s friend climbed up the tower of the church just as he said he would. He “startled the pigeons from their perch” and made it up into the rafters.