This document discusses the poetic devices and themes used in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." It analyzes Longfellow's use of onomatopoeia, rhythm, and descriptive language to build suspense and capture the atmosphere of the famous ride. The document also notes that the poem was written on the cusp of the Civil War and served as a call to freedom for all Americans.

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3. Wanders and watches with eager earsMeasured tread of the grenadiersThe fate of the nation was riding that night

4. Flying fearless and fleeta line of black that bends and floats
on the rising tide like a bridge of boats

5. My heart is like a stone across the moonA phantom ship with each mast and spar,
Across the moon like a prison bar

6. OnomatopoeiaCRASH
BANG
WHOOSH
CROWING OF COCK
STAMPED THE EARTH

7. The watchful night wind, as it went,
creeping along from tent to tent,
and seeming to whisper, “All is well.”

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Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry
arch,
of the North Church tower as a
signal light

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10. Then he said "Good-night!" and with muffled oar
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Language = Mood
Rising Action-momentum
building
Erie almost ghost story like
quality

11. Written on the cusp of the civil war
Call to freedom for all Americans

12. What lines inspire
you ? patrio
Is Longfellow really talking about the British?
What do you think?
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,

13. What modern day issues can
Longfellow speak to?