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Analysis Of 'Paul Revere's Ride'

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What comes to mind when you hear the name Paul Revere? What comes to mind when you hear the word Revolutionary? Well, the definition of Revolution means to have a completely new change on something. Do you think Paul Revere was a revolutionary type of man? Speaking of Paul Revere, do you think that his letter to Jeremy Belknap was more reliable, or his poem by Henry Longfellow? In many people’s opinions, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” by Henry Longfellow is not reliable when compared to Revere’s letter. In the beginning of Paul Revere 's letter, it mentions that 2 of his friends rowed him across the Charles River. Whilst in the poem, there is absolutely no evidence of his friends rowing him. “Where I had kept a boat; two friends rowed me across Charles …show more content…

When explaining Revere’s ride to the different cities, the way it is written is in 3rd person view where basically someone else was telling the story for him. “It was two by the village clock, where he came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flock, and the twitter of the birds among the trees…” “It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock swim in the moonlight as he passed,” This quote is telling us how Paul Revere’s journey of riding from place to place was as if someone else was writing the story in their point of view, and not in Paul’s. In the letter, Revere talks about everything as it was coming from his own eyes, and as it he was writing the letter right there and then. (1st person view) “ I alarmed almost every House, till I got to Lexington. I found Messrs.Hancock and Adams at the Rev.Mr.Clark’s; I told them my errand they inquired for Mr.Daws; they said he had not been there; I related my story of the two officers,” This illustrates how Paul Revere’s journey of riding from place to place is actually written using “I” which tells us that the letter is coming from his own words as well as being in 1st person view. When comparing both letter and poem, one is written in 3rd person view, and the other is written in 1st person view. This can also make us think about which one is more reliable when reading the

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