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Summary Of Longfellow's Poem Of Paul Reve

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Have you read the Longfellow’s Poem or heard of it? There is also a Belknap Letter. So there is two sides of the story, but in this paragraphs I’m going to be talking about the Longfellow’s Poem. So here is a mini summary of the Longfellow’s Poem of Paul Revere. In the poem, Paul Revere silently rowed to Charlestown Shore on boat just as soon the moon rose over the bay. Once he got the signal, he went riding his horse to warn people from that town that the British are coming. Did you know that in the poem, he rode his horse mostly at night? As he rode his horse, the horse was causing the farm animals to wake up and disturb. As the colonists went face to face with the British, they started to fire and minutes later, the British retreats and the Colonists chases them on every rode to Boston. He also mention that the British can come two ways, one by land, and one by sea. “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”-Paul Revere In this paragraph, this is a little summary of the Belknap Letter Paul Revere went to so many towns, not only did he went in the day, …show more content…

The differences between these two are the way they are told. They have many differences between them. In the poem it mention that he didn’t got caught by the British. In the letter it said that he did get caught by the British and a British officer hit him on the head with the pistol. Also, in the poem it said that he crossed the Charles River on boat, but if you read the letter it said that he crossed the Charles River with the help of two friends. I also forgot to mention that the difference between the Longfellow’s Poem and the Belknap Letter is that in the letter, it gives way more details of what happen to him and what he was doing at that time while in the

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Paul Revere (January 1, 1735 - May 10, 1818) was a Patriot in the revolutionary war remembered for his self-less ness and his most famous accomplishment, “The midnight ride of Paul Revere.” He was a great leader and role model in the beginning of our new nation. On the night of April 18, 1775, a patriot leader in Boston, Joseph Warren hears word about an attack on Concord, where patriots were keeping arms and also where patriot leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying. British troops were marching to Concord to destroy the arms and capture Hancock and Adams. Warren sends Paul Revere to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

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In both of these texts, including the poem of Paul Revere by Longfellow and the letter by Belknap based on Paul Revere are very different from each other, for one I know that the poem about Paul Revere is indeed a tale and the letter is surely the truth. We can differentiate these two stories and find out what differences and similarities are there by using context clues and exemplars. In the poem by Longfellow, explains not as many details as the letter, for one in the poem, it is said that he went through Charleston first, then many other villages to warn the people of the town that the British were coming by sea. On the night of Paul Revere, Longfellow's poem states that Paul Revere and his friend planned out that Paul Revere would stand on the opposite side of Charleston river prepared with his horse to tell everybody that the British were coming but he would not go until his friend would put letters on the church wall “ 1 later if by land and 2 lanterns if by sea”

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Thus, Longfellow’s poem is not a credible source of information. To summarize, Longfellow’s poem is not a credible source of information. Revere’s actions are not the same, the British army does not act in the same way for both writings, and the poem excludes Revere’s friends. Longfellow dramatized his poem by making it sound dreary and more challenging than needed. The author should do more research about Paul Revere’s ride because many statements within the poem are false.

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My last difference I noticed was exaggeration,Paul in the letter states that he only went to the main places of his colonies so they could spread the message but in the poem it says he went all around spreading his message. ”so through the night rode Paul Revere and so through the night went his cry of alarm”,”I walked across the cemetery and some pastures and came to the Rev.mr.clark’s house”. So there is my differences about these two pieces of information,and so my friend Paul Revere was not a unique hero before the battle of

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The fact that the poem was written so long after the actual ride just proves that any information could have been told wrong, or modified. The ride was in 1775, but the poem was written in 1860. Some of the basic details are correct but when you go more in depth and really compare it to the letter you can see many untrue statements in the poem. Even tho there are many differences the poem can relate to reality because it supports the fact that Paul Revere did not climb the church the night of the ride because in reality two days before he went to Charlestown and met Colonel Conant with whom he planned to set up the lanterns, he never climbed the tower. This is proven to us in the poem when it says “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.’”

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