Friday, January 3, 2003

Paul Revere's Ride (The Landlord's Tale) Comments

Rating: 3.3

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in 'Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 December 2023

SIX: Same date like last year chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day. This poem deserves that choice.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 December 2023

FIVE: Crystal clearly worded. Top Marks and Congrats to the family of the late great poet on being chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day

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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 December 2023

FOUR: The poem is an important part of American history and contributed to the myth-making surrounding Paul Revere and the American Revolution.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 December 2023

THREE: The poem is divided into eight stanzas and each stanza is told from the perspective of a different person involved in the events of that night.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 December 2023

TWO: during which he warned the colonists of the arrival of British troops. The poem is written in anapestic tetrameter, which means that the rhythm of the poem mimics the galloping hoof beats of a horse.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 December 2023

ONE: This is a true epic poem. It is one of the most famous poems in American literature and tells the story of Paul Revere's famous night ride on April 18,1775, ..

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Dr Dillip K Swain 07 December 2022

This is a great verse but your Psalm of Life remains in the heart of all poetry lovers.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 07 December 2022

Congratulations for the choce of PH as The Classic Poem Of The Day. A long entertaining poem about war making men This poem is underrated, it deserves a 5 Stas TOP SCore. Enjoyed the ride in this epic poem

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The comment below me is gay 21 December 2021

im gay

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Youngboy Fan 69 21 December 2021

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John F. Kennedy 21 December 2021

This poem goes hard fs

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Robert_Frost_Enjoyer420 21 December 2021

L Poem #FrostBetter

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santa clause 21 December 2021

who else was forced to read this stupid poem for school crap

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ban me 21 December 2021

longfellow he my wife

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carys 21 December 2021

no but like great poem. Id like to thank sir longfellow and hope he has a successful life. gracias dude

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noah b 21 December 2021

When this fye poem dropped it had me committing acts of tomfoolery fr ‎️‍🔥

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noah b 21 December 2021

this poem gas fr

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jon d 21 December 2021

agree

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Jim Carrey 21 December 2021

Fo sho

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keval 21 December 2021

no cap

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Ray Burleigh 25 October 2020

This is a fine poem. Here he avoids the clique of much of his word and the mockery of obvious rime. He is not Blake, Yeats, or Machado but he is worth our praise.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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