Paul Reveres Ride
Story By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Presentation By: Chase McDermott
Paul revere/ Poetry Terms
"Light a lantern on the aloft in the belfry/ Arch of the North Church tower as a signal light/ one if by land and two if by sea" ( Longfellow 629)
The speaker of the story is Longfellow himself because he uses 3rd person language in the story of Paul revere: " Listen my children and you shall hear/ of the midnight ride of Paul revere". ( Longfellow 629)
The subject of the story is the British coming to attack Lexington and Concord. : " If the British march/ by land or by sea hang a lantern aloft in the belfry". (Longfellow 629)
Historical Reference/ The real story of reveres ride
connection between the poems
Poem of choice
"He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night,/ Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, /as a signal-light,-- One if by land, and two if by sea;/ And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm/ Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and /to arm." (Longfellow 629)
Citations
Picture 2 "Paul Revere 1813." Painting by Gilbert Stuart. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2014.
Picture 3 "Mike Church." Mike Church. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2014.
poem : "The Paul Revere House." The Paul Revere House. N.p., n.d. print. 13 Jan. 2014.
Poem of my choice: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Paul Revere's Ride." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2014.