Summary Of Paul Revere's Ride

Paul Revere’s ride by Henry David Longfellow was written in 1860. Henry david Longfellow was born in 1807 in maine and was a harvard scholar. The poem “Paul Revere's Ride is one of his most known verses. Paul Revere was a silversmith and a colonist who took part in the boston tea party. Paul revere during the Revolutionary war was a rider for boston’s committee of safety. While Revere was in that position he made a warning system by using lanterns to warn minutemen of the british. Paul Revere is most famously known for his midnight ride to warn the colonial militia of the british army. The Poem is a narrative for it describes the events of Paul Revere's ride. The poem has fourteen stanzas and has 129 lines in it.The Poem has an ab rhyme scheme