Use the first three stanzas of the poem “Paul reveres ride” by Henry wadsworth Longfellow to answer the question

Question

Finish the blanks in the sentence
The author purpose in comparing each “mast and spar” to _ is to _
Options: illustrate the consequences of losing the war to the British, show the need for strength and power when fighting the British, “prison-bar”, “huge black hulk”

Answer 1

The author’s purpose in comparing each “mast and spar” to “prison-bar” is to illustrate the consequences of losing the war to the British.