Use the excerpt from “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to answer the question.

Question

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; …

Which word best describes the tone of the excerpt?

(1 point)
Responses

tense
tense

joyful
joyful

upsetting
upsetting

excited

Answer 1

tense