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Poetry. Paul Revere’s Ride By Henry Wordsworth Longfellow. Narrative Poetry. Narrative Poetry is poetry that tells a story or gives an account of events. Meter. The arrangement of accented or unaccented syllables in a line of poetry. Meter. Listen, my children, and you shall hear
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Poetry Paul Revere’s Ride By Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
Narrative Poetry Narrative Poetry is poetry that tells a story or gives an account of events.
Meter The arrangement of accented or unaccented syllables in a line of poetry.
Meter Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere
Meter Lis-ten-my-chil-dren-and-you-shall-hear (9) Of-the-mid-night-ride-of-Paul-Re-vere (9) On-the-eigh-teenth-of-A-pril-in-se-ven-ty-five (12) Hard-ly-a-man-is-now-a-live (8) Who-re-mem-bers-that-fa-mous-day-and-year (10)
Alliteration Repetition of the same first letter or sound in a series of words.
Alliteration Wanders and watches, with eager ears Wanders and watches, with eager ears
“Paul Revere’s Ride” • This narrative poem is about Paul Revere who was a silversmith in Boston before the American Revolution started. • Revere was part of the group of men that were protesting the King’s taxes. • Americans had stored guns in a nearby town of Concord, Massachusetts in case they would need to defend themselves against the British soldiers.
“Paul Revere’s Ride” • The British found out about the stored weapons and were marching toward Concord to get the guns. • Paul Revere heard about what the British were doing. He got on his horse and rode out into the towns around Boston. • He warned the Americans that the “British are coming.” • The Americans were able to move the guns to another secret spot and fight the British back into Boston. This was the first time Americans had fired guns at the King’s soldiers.
