THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
PAUL REVERE BIOGRAPHY FACTS QUOTES
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[noun] marshland creek, channel or ditch
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[noun] a number of ships, vehicles, or aircraft
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[adjective] fast
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[verb] fade away
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -“Paul Revere’s Ride” is less a poem about the Revolutionary War than about the impending Civil War-and about the conflict over slavery that caused it. That meaning, though, has been almost entirely forgotten. Longfellow, a passionately private man, was, just as passionately and privately, an abolitionist.
Detailed explanation-3: -Simile: Across the moon LIKE a prison bar; On the rising tide LIKE a bridge of boats; Of the North Church tower AS a signal light.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lines 52-56 On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. The sight of the British ships pulls the narrator back into the moment and the mission. The army is crossing the river on its way to the other side.