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Read the following passages and answer the question. Keep in Mind! The author may not be the narrator of a poem. The narrator of "Paul Revers's Ride" is telling a story in the past and the narrator in "O Captain! My Captain!" is telling the story in the present. However, both events are in the past for their authors.​

Listen, my children, and you shall hear

Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,

On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

Based upon these openings, what is the main difference between the ways these two poems are being told?

A.“Paul Revere’s Ride” is fictional while “Oh Captain! My Captain!” really happened.
B. The narrator of “Paul Revere’s ride” is telling a story that happened in the past.
C. The narrator of “Oh Captain! My Captain!” is unreliable.
D. “Oh Captain! My Captain!” is predicting what will happen in the future.

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B: The narrator of Paul Revere's ride" is telling a story that happened in the past

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Answer:

B: The narrator of Paul Revere's ride" is telling a story that happened in the past

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