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CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE: Updates, resources, and context

Longfellow, Revere'd

WHQR | By Gwenyfar Rohler
Published February 3, 2012 at 1:36 PM EST
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While lovers of  more modern free verse poetry might scoff at the rhyming verses of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Literary Commentator Gwenyfar Rohler applauds his ingenuity within the constraints of form.

Here, she revisits one of his most famous pieces, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."
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Gwenyfar Rohler
Gwenyfar Rohler (a/k/a Gwenyfar) is following in her father's footsteps as a writer: she is the author of two books: Your Health is in Your Kitchen and The Promise of Peanuts. She also writes the Live Local. Live Small Column in our Alternative Weekly, Encore (www.Encorepub.com). You will find her most days at the Book Store where she is slowly cataloging the inventory. She loves to read play scripts, mid 20 th century fiction, and the classics.
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