Read the poem.


excerpt from “Paul Revere’s Ride”

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


A hurry of hoofs in a village street,

A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,

And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark

Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet:

That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,

The fate of a nation was riding that night;

And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,

Kindled the land into flame with its heat.


How does Longfellow convey the idea that a single person can have a tremendous impact on history?


He describes Revere as a "shape in the moonlight."


He describes Revere as "a bulk in the dark."


He writes of how the "fate of a nation was riding that night."


He writes of the sound made by the "hurry of hoofs."