Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride”, talks about the night the British came and Paul Revere rode around the countryside warning the towns that the British were coming. Reading the poem, you might ask yourself if it’s all true or if some of it is made up for interest reasons. Comparing the poem to a historical letter the Paul Revere wrote to someone during the time the British came makes it clear that Longfellow may have wrote for reading interest instead of historical interest. Comparing the poem to the historical letter it’s clear there are some differences. In the poem it states that Paul Revere rode around the countryside alone, but in the historical letter he writes he rode with Mr. Daws. The poems says nothing about