USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Synopsis. Paul Revere’s Ride tells the story of Paul Revere and his historic ride to warn the town that the British soldiers were coming. It details Revere making the plan with the other soldier and continues through his ride and the resulting interaction between the British and American soldiers.

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: -Written during the Civil War, Longfellow wanted to inspire and entertain Northern soldiers with a heroic poem to urge them to keep fighting and to not give up. To achieve this purpose Longfellow had to revise what really happened to make Revere look more heroic than he actually was.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Paul Revere’s Ride, ” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is an example of a narrative poem.