“The Landlord’s Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tone and Foreshadowing
Belfry- a bell tower or a steeple housing bells, especially one that is a part of a church
Muster- assemble (troops), especially for inspection or preparation for battle
Grenadiers- solder armed with grenades
Sombre- dark and gloomy
Sentinel- a soldier or guard
Impetuous- acting/done quickly and without thought or care
Fleet- fast and nimble in movement
Spectral- of or like a ghost
Alders- a type of birch tree In “The Landlord’s Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow uses tone and imagery from multiple perspectives to tell the tale of the midnight ride of Paul Revere on the night that the Revolutionary War began. Also, the imagery in the poem alludes to the cruelty of the British and the mood of the …show more content…
The word “wanders” shows how uncertain he is about the plan to bombard the British. So many things could go wrong and if the plan fails, Newman would be executed for treason. He has a lot riding on the plan and its normal for him to be nervous. Lonfellow describes the ladder Newman climbs to the top of the chuch as “trembling” (37). Trembling is another hint to how anxious Newman was, because typically, people shake when they are nervous. There is a brief transition to a calm tone as Longfellow describes the scenery seen from the bell tower of the church. “The dead...wrapped in silence so deep and still” shows the normality of the evening (42,44). Dead people are supposed to be still, if they were not, then something would have to be wrong. The dead stand as a signal that nothing has gine wrong, and even the wind “seem[s] to whisper ‘All is well!” (58). However, the wind acts as foreshadowing because although ut is saying that everything is fine, it means that everything is fine right at that moment. The wind is saying that if anything disturbs the moment, the peacefulness will be lost. But, the moment of peacefullness is fleeting, because then
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tone and Foreshadowing
Belfry- a bell tower or a steeple housing bells, especially one that is a part of a church
Muster- assemble (troops), especially for inspection or preparation for battle
Grenadiers- solder armed with grenades
Sombre- dark and gloomy
Sentinel- a soldier or guard
Impetuous- acting/done quickly and without thought or care
Fleet- fast and nimble in movement
Spectral- of or like a ghost
Alders- a type of birch tree In “The Landlord’s Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow uses tone and imagery from multiple perspectives to tell the tale of the midnight ride of Paul Revere on the night that the Revolutionary War began. Also, the imagery in the poem alludes to the cruelty of the British and the mood of the …show more content…
The word “wanders” shows how uncertain he is about the plan to bombard the British. So many things could go wrong and if the plan fails, Newman would be executed for treason. He has a lot riding on the plan and its normal for him to be nervous. Lonfellow describes the ladder Newman climbs to the top of the chuch as “trembling” (37). Trembling is another hint to how anxious Newman was, because typically, people shake when they are nervous. There is a brief transition to a calm tone as Longfellow describes the scenery seen from the bell tower of the church. “The dead...wrapped in silence so deep and still” shows the normality of the evening (42,44). Dead people are supposed to be still, if they were not, then something would have to be wrong. The dead stand as a signal that nothing has gine wrong, and even the wind “seem[s] to whisper ‘All is well!” (58). However, the wind acts as foreshadowing because although ut is saying that everything is fine, it means that everything is fine right at that moment. The wind is saying that if anything disturbs the moment, the peacefulness will be lost. But, the moment of peacefullness is fleeting, because then