Paul Revere's Ride

Paul Revere’s Ride is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem about an urgent warning on the eve of the American Revolution’s opening battles. Signals, waiting, hoofbeats, and the awakening countryside give the account its dramatic momentum. Longfellow reshapes the historical events into a concentrated story centred on Revere, using poetic licence rather than providing a complete factual record of the riders and their actions. The poem became an influential part of the cultural memory of the Revolution.