So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo for evermore!
—"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1860
Which answer describes this poem?
Group of answer choices
A secondary source recounting oral histories
A primary source recording events as they happen
A primary source documenting of one of the participants
A secondary resource describing an event in the past
1 answer
The answer that best describes the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is:
A secondary resource describing an event in the past.
While the poem reflects on the historical event of Paul Revere's midnight ride, it was written after the events took place and is therefore a secondary interpretation of those events rather than a primary source recording them as they happened.
