Similarities And Differences Between Longfellow And Paul Revire

Everything is silent, then all of a sudden the ground shakes, you look outside and there he is, Paul Revere galloping on the dusty roads, he rode for miles and miles until he told every town that the British were coming. There are many similarities and differences between the Historical Account and the poem that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote. Both the Historical Account and the poem said that the people in North Church tower had to use lanterns as a signal to the people on horseback to tell if the British were coming from land or by sea. According to the author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote a wonderful poem that explains the ride of Paul Revere, according to Longfellow, Revere was the only person that told the towns that the British

If the British were coming by sea the people would put up two lanterns and if they were coming by land they would put up one lantern. According to the Historical Account, “...if the British went out by water, we would show two lanthorns [lanterns] in the North Church steeple; and if by land, one, as a signal; for we were apprehensive it would be difficult to cross the Charles River or get over Boston Neck”(par 2). This proves that they would show the lanterns as a sign to let people know that the British were coming. According to the speaker, “Hang a lantern aloft in the

Hancock and Adams were, and acquaint them of the movement, and that it was thought they were the objects”(par. 1). This proves that Dr. Warren only wants Paul Revere to set off to tell the people but the Historical Account does say that there were other people. . According to the speaker, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,”(line 1 and 2). This shows that only Paul Revere rode nobody else did. In short, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow changed the historical facts into a poem for readers to read, it was about the Midnight Ride of Paul