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
Who remembers that famous day and year.
What rhythmic pattern do these lines use?
Paul Revere’s Ride
Responses
twelve syllables per line, with five stressed and seven unstressed
twelve syllables per line, with five stressed and seven unstressed - no response given
five stressed syllables alternating with five unstressed syllables per line
five stressed syllables alternating with five unstressed syllables per line - incorrect
six unstressed syllables per line, alternating with three stressed syllables
six unstressed syllables per line, alternating with three stressed syllables - no response given
four stressed syllables per line, alternating with unstressed syllables
four stressed syllables per line, alternating with unstressed syllables - no response given
1 answer
The first stanza of "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow primarily uses a rhythm pattern of five stressed syllables alternating with five unstressed syllables per line. This is characteristic of iambic pentameter, which typically consists of five iambs, where each iamb is made up of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
So, the correct response would be:
