Paul Revere's Ride
By: Henry W. Longfellow
Poetry Terms
Ex. Listen my children and you shall here/ Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. (Longfellow pg.629)
This is an example of end rhyme because here and Revere rhyme and they are at the end of the lines
Simile- A comparison between two things using like or as
Ex. A phantom ship,with each mast and spar/ Across the moon like a prison bar.
(Longfellow pg.629)
This is an example of a simile because it compares the mast and spar to a prison bar using the word like
Personification- A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human quality
And the meetinghouse windows, blank and bare/ Gaze at him with spectral glare. (Longfellow pg.632)
This is an example of personification because it gives human quality's to a window
Historical Reference
Paul Revere warning the people that the British are coming
Paul Revere
Paul Revere Statue
Poem I selected
Bravery
It gives us the power,
To break through the barrier,
The barrier that holds us back,
To do what we lack.
This barrier that holds us,
Is the one best known as,
The curse of our land,
The “fear” most of us defined.
Those who conquer this great foe,
We call him a Hero.
We call him brave,
For he seems unafraid.
We say fear has been ejected,
From the brave ones mind,
But it’s actually extended,
But was overacted by courage.
It’s true bravery I say,
That we fight for the day,
Not without fear,
But with the purpose to appear.
Lendl Ian Servillon
Connection Between Poems
Works Cited
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bravery/
Paul Revere. N.d. Photograph. Http://www.danverslibrary.org/. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
Paul Revere Statue. N.d. Photograph. Http://dallin.org/. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.