1Whittier and Longfellow have attributes of similar themes when writing poems. Both of the writers would write poems that would be telling of the activities that were taking place with the country, environment and or people. Both of the poets were from the period of slavery.John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and was an advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He was named a Fireside Poet. He was influenced by many other people and one of them being Robert Burns who was a Scottish poet. He was written several poems that people remembered him by in his lifetime and the period after. Many of his poems were turned into hymns. The poems that were turned into hymns appeared to be sentimental and …show more content…
He would translate the European work into English in the United States. Most of his works focused on political and moral issues of the day. This was during the time of the Civil War. This is one of his famous pieces that made reference to the Revolutionary War Paul Revere’s Ride.Revere was seen as a hero and Longfellow appealed to Northern readers’ patriotism. Longfellow had to create more to the story of Paul Revere by adding artistic liberties while preserving some truth. An example of this “One if by land, and two if by sea;And I on the opposite shore will be,Ready to ride and spread the alarmThrough every Middlesex village and farm,For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”This part of the man seeing the lanterns “on the opposite shore” instead of the man sending them, Longfellow transform the man seeing the lanterns “on the opposite shore” instead of the man sending them.The character of Revere was a messenger for the people rather than a Patriot spy.Both of the poets were able to tell a story that people of the time could relate to or if younger would be able to get a vision of what the time and activities were like. There was optimism in both of the writers poems. It offered hope and the positive that took place