Paul Revere's Ride
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rhyme Scheme
He spings to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns! (Longfellow 70)
This piece of text is an example of a rhyme scheme. It's a rhyme
Scheme because it has an ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends
Of the lines of each verse. It's rhyme pattern is abab.
Simile
A line of black that bends and floats
On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats (Longfellow 55).
This is an example of a simile because it's comparing one thing to another
of a different kind using like or as. It's comparing the horizon over the bay
on the tide to a bridge of boats.
Personification
Creeping along from tent to tent. "
This is an example of personification because it gives a human characteristic to something nonhuman. Its says the wind was creeping from tent to tent but wind cant really creep.
Paul Revere's Route
Paul Revere Statue
Paul Revere
Connection between to poems
Bravery by Lendi Servillon
Citations
Works Cited
Servillon, Lendi. " Bravery. " Poemhunter.com. Hata Bildir, n.d.. Web. 16 Jan 2014.
Tachuk, Ralph, and Gail Coupland. Elements of Literature. Austin: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 2005. Web.
The Real Story of Revere's Ride. Paul Revere Memorial Association, 1997. Print.