Revolutionary+American

American Revolutionary Period


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=Paul Revere's Ride= Poem

This poem basically describes the event of the American patriot Paul Revere. This poem is an epic poem. It is not quite as long as most epic poems, but it describes a heroic event from the past, which makes it an epic poem. The poem rhymes, however the rhyming pattern is irregular meaning that it changes rhyming patterns throughout the poem. Along with the poem, changing rhyming patterns throughout, the poem also changes types of meter throughout the course of the poem. It goes from iamb (an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable) to anapest (two unstressed followed by a stressed syllable). This poem is in the third person point of view. The poem has many different poetic and literary devices.  There is alliteration in line 36.  The poem has imagery in almost every line of the poem.  There are several symbols in the poem too. Some being the lanterns, the North Church Tower, and the Churchyard.  A Simile in line 19  An extended metaphor in lines 43-48  A personification in line 98.
 * Poem Analysis**
 * __Paul Revere’s Ride- __**Henry Wadsworth Longfellow