12 QUESTIONS ABOUT “PAUL REVERE’S RIDE”
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What Is “Paul Revere’s Ride”? ...... 4
Who Was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? ...... 6
What Was Happening When the Poem Was Written? ...... 8
What Historical Sources Did Longfellow Use?...... 10
What Poetic Style Is Used in “Paul Revere’s Ride”? ...... 12
Who Originally Published “Paul Revere’s Ride”? ...... 14
Who Was the Intended Audience for the Poem? ...... 16
How Is “Paul Revere’s Ride” Romantic? ...... 18
How Famous Was Paul Revere? ...... 20
How Did the Poem Influence American Literature? ...... 22
What Modern Influence Has “Paul Revere’s Ride” Had? .... 24
How Is “Paul Revere’s Ride” Viewed Today? ...... 26
Fact Sheet ...... 28
Glossary ...... 30
For More Information ...... 31
Index ...... 32
About the Author ...... 32 1 What Is “Paul Revere’s Ride”?
“Paul Revere’s Ride” is a poem GO TO THE SOURCE written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It tells the story of To read the full text of American patriot Paul Revere. In “Paul Revere’s Ride,” go to 1775, Revere warned his fellow www.12StoryLibrary.com/primary. colonists about a British invasion. The pppoem was published in the American Revolution. By 1775, DeDecembercember 1860.1860. relationsrelations bebetweentween GrGreateat BrBritainitain and the American colonies wewerere “Paul Revere’s Ride” begins the tense. The colonists did not evenineveningg before the first battle of
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4 10 p.m. Hour at which Revere actually started his famous “midnight” ride. • “Paul Revere’s Ride” was written in 1860 by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. • The poem tells the story of Paul Revere, a patriot in Boston who rode his horse at night to warn the colonists of a British Revere invasion. was said to have • In the poem, Revere seen two lights waited for the lantern burning in the tower of signal before starting out Boston’s Old North on his ride. Church. want to pay British taxes. Many poem, Revere arranged to have a thought they should be allowed to friend signal him from the tower govern themselves. The colonists of Boston’s Old North Church. The hid weapons in the nearby town of number of lanterns shining in the Concord. The British found out about tower would tell him how the British the weapons. One thousand British soldiers were traveling: soldiers were sent to Concord to One if by land, and two, if by sea; stop a possible uprising. According to the poem, when Revere Paul Revere was a silversmith living saw two lights burning in the church in Boston. He and other patriots tower, he rode his horse to Concord. knew the British were heading to Along the way, he urged the Concord, but they didn’t know how colonial militia to get ready the soldiers would get there. In the 5 to fight. 2 Who Was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was poems are connected in some way. one ofof the most popular poets ofof his The reader is supposed to imimagineagine time. He was born on February 27, seven men gagatheredthered at an iinnnn to tetellll 18071807,, in Portland,Portland, Maine. Portland stostories.ries. FivFivee of tthehe ““tales”tales” in tthehe is a seaport. LongfellowLongfellow loved the book have American settings. One ofof ococean.ean. HHee includedincluded itit in muchmuch of hishis tthemhem iiss “P“Paulaul RRevere’severe’s RidRide.”e.” wrwriting.iting. HHee was an iintelligentntelligent stustudentdent who loved to read. He publishedpublished his first poempoem in a Portland newsnewspaperpaper when he was 13 yearsyears old.
LLongfellowongfellow was most famousfamous forfor his narrative ppoems.oems. Some ofof these include the epic poems “The Song ooff Hiawatha” and “Evangeline.” HHee includedincluded “Paul“Paul Revere’sRevere’s Ride” in a poetrpoetryy book ttitleditled Tales of a Wayside Inn. Published in 1863,1863, tthehe boobookk containscontains 22 narrative poems. All the
HHenryy 6 WadsworthWadsworth LongfellowLongfellow 15 THINK ABOUT IT Longfellow’s age when Find one or two other authors he enrolled at Bowdoin who wrote narrative poems. How College in Brunswick, are their works similar to “Paul Maine. Revere’s Ride”? How are they • Henry Wadsworth different? WhatWhat mamakeskes themthem LongfellowLo was a popular different fromrom other types ofof AmericanAm poet. poems? • He had his first poem publishedpu at age 13. • “Paul“Pa Revere’s Ride” is a narrativena poem. • “Paul“Pa Revere’s Ride” first appearedap in Tales of a Wayside Inn.
A statue honors Longfellow in his hometown of Portland, Maine.
ALL IN THE FAMILY The American Revolution was a part of Longfellow’s personal history. His mother was the daughter of US general Peleg Wadsworth. Revere served under General Wadsworth in 1779. Revere was commanded to lead artillery men against the British forces in Penobscot, Maine. The regiment failed. Revere was accused of disobedience, unsoldierly conduct, and cowardice. In 1782, a court cleared Revere of wrongdoing. 7 For More Information
Books
Braybrooks, Ann, ed. Poems and Songs Celebrating America. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2014. Keller, Susanna. The True Story of Paul Revere’s Ride. New York: PowerKids Press, 2013. Schoonmaker, Frances (ed.). Poetry for Young People: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2010.
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Atlantic Monthly, 14 Keats, John, 19 Penobscot, Maine, 7 King, Dr. Martin Luther, Poe, Edgar Allan, 19 Boston, Massachusetts, Jr., 25 Portland, Maine, 6 5, 10, 20–21, 25 Prescott, Samuel, 10–11 Boston Tea Party, 21 Lexington, Boston Transcript, 14 Massachusetts, Revere, Paul, 4–5, 7, Byron, George Gordon 10–11 10–11, 13, 20–21, Lord, 19 Lincoln, Abraham, 16 23, 25, 26 London, England, 27 romanticism, 18–19 Concord, Longfellow, Henry Massachusetts, 5, Shelley, Percy Bysshe, Wadsworth, 4, 6, 10, 11 19 7, 8–9, 10, 12–13, slavery, 8–9, 15 Dawes, William, 10–11 14–15, 16–17, 18, Sumner, Charles, 15 19, 21, 22–23, 26, Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 27 Tales of a Wayside Inn, 6 19, 22 Thoreau, Henry David, Massachusetts 19, 22 Ford, Gerald, 25 Historical Society, 10 Wadsworth, Peleg, 7 Graham’s Magazine, 19 Nixon, Richard, 25 Washington, George, 21 Old North Church, 5, 10, Westminster Abbey, 27 25 Whitman, Walt, 19
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