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Paul Revere's Ride By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“Myth vs. Fact” Writing Exaggeration is used nonstop in many stories. In every legend there are myths and facts. The poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an amazing poem about patriotism and the bravery of Americans and Paul Revere during the Revolutionary War. However, the factual part of the poem isn’t completely accurate. For one thing, Paul Revere was not the mastermind of the top secret plan. Joseph Warren was the person that knew something was going to happen, and who had built this private plan that could figure out if the British were coming by land or by sea. Although this may be true, Longfellow didn’t care. He wanted to do anything that would remind the people of their last victory, even

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