The poem “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes is about a highwayman who is in love with the landlord's daughter. The red coats capture the landlord's daughter and abuse her and tie her up. The red coats knew that the highwayman was going to go and try to save the landlord’s daughter so they were going to shoot him. The landlord’s daughter shots herself because she loves the highway man so much that she didn't want him to get shot. The highwayman heard the gunshot so he didn’t continue going down the highway and turned around. “The Highwayman” is a narrative poem because it tells a story; this poem is traditional and highly structured. In this poem there is 17 stanzas, each stanza having 6 to 7 lines. In each stanza he describes something in lots of detail while keeping the poem flows smoothly. Around the 5th line in each stanza the line is indented. Each line in this poem has punctuation and a capital letter, those things help with the structure of the poem and its traditional elements. There is a set meter and rhyme scheme for most of the poem, some lines are a little different but it's pretty consistent all the way through the poem. Depart from this, the rhyme scheme is A,A,B,C,C,B. …show more content…
There are three main metaphors at the beginning of the poem. The first metaphor they list is “The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.” One more they list is “The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.” The last metaphor the poem uses in the first stanza “The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.” These metaphors really help visualize the poem better. More examples of metaphors Alfred Noyes uses is “dumb as a dog”, another one is “her face burnt like a brand”, last but not least there is”her face was a light” these are good examples of visual language because the language has descriptive language which helps it become visual. Its very imaginal and helps on what the faces look
There are multiple examples of visual imagery in this poem. An example of a simile is “curled like a possum within the hollow trunk”. The effect this has is the way it creates an image for the reader to see how the man is sleeping. An example of personification is, “yet both belonged to the bush, and now are one”. The result this has is how it creates an emotion for the reader to feel
In the poem “To Whoever Set My Truck On Fire” by Steve Scafidi, it talks about how he got his car caught on fire. It is a free verse and it’s in one sentence. I really like the poem because it shows characterization, how he feels about his car being on fire and uses similes. For example, in the poem, the poet wrote “the innocent numbers of neighbors to memory and maybe/ you were miles away and I, like the woodsman of fairy tales, / threatened all with my bright ax shining with the evil” (30-32). The poet described his action similar to that woodsman of a fairy tale which is easier for the reader to understand his action. It shows that similes have to be compared universally so everyone can understand. This poem is a really funny read and I
The poem begins with many examples of imagery and reveals an important role of the meaning of the poem. In the first four lines of the poem, Jeffers uses imagery to establish his connection between him and the bay.
First of alll, the poem is divided into nine stanzas, where each one has four lines. In addition to that, one can spot a few enjambements for instance (l.9-10). This stylistic device has the function to support the flow of the poem. Furthermore, it is crucial to take a look at the choice of words, when analysing the language.
Watson successfully utilizes figurative language many times throughout the poem. Watsons personifies the highway various times throughout the poem. The highway is represented as a monster through the words “petulant beast”, “monster” and “recalcitrant animal”. The reason that this is done, is due to the large amount of fatal car accidents that occur on highways, therefore Watson portrays the highway as a killer. Repetition is also often used in the
Each stanza is composed of words that present a logical flow of growth through the entire poem. The words in the poem do not rhyme and the lines are different lengths.
"The Highwayman" written by Alfred Noyes seems to be characteristic in the beginning, however it is notable for the narrative and vivid structure. This poem is stowed with perilous fugitives, romance, escapade and death. The vivid imagery Noyes uses creates a dark atmosphere and sets the scene to give the reader a better description of the noises one would hear while reading the poem. "The Highwayman" is packed with exhilaration along with a compelling story. The tale of a Highwayman's visit to see the beautiful Bess at the terrible fate they both encounter. The poet used four main themes love, betrayal, loyalty, and death. To better comprehend the author's reasoning for the poem, one could analyze the characters, themes and variety of imagery.
and repetition, and the image and symbol of colors to help the reader see the theme and other messages that the poem may convey. Metaphors, similes, and imagery are all techniques that Noyes uses to help the reader clearly see the theme and the message he is trying to convey. Metaphors and similes compare unlike things together and may help the reader visualize and understand the author’s thoughts and images better. Additionally, the use of imagery can help the reader picture out scenes or images. Crucial and important parts in “The Highwayman” that shows the use of metaphors and imagery are when Noyes talks about the moon and the wind.
Some examples of how it has a rhyme scheme are like, “ My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, my father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will¨(Whitman 376). Also another example is how a few sentences end with the some lettering of like one like done and won. Some examples of figurative language in this poem are how he talks about his Captain lying still and dead on the floor because of how much detail he uses when he talks about it, another would be how he talked about his father having no pulse or will (376). Also you can tell that the author has a very emotional tone in this poem because of the way he talks about the
In this poem the theme takes a turn, now telling the reader about a sunset, and the time of day in the evening when people get home from work and school, and the world returns to sleep. One line in the stanzas, “... there seemed a purple stile, which yellow boys and girls were climbing all the while…” tells us about how the yellow rays of the sun disappear behind the clouds when the sun sets in the evening. This is yet another interpretation of the symbolism in the poem. The lines “A dominie in gray Put gently up the evening bars, And led the flock away…” tells us about how the evening leads the sun’s rays or “the little yellow boys and girls” back home. This symbolizes the sun
Have you ever read the poem of the highwayman? Well I have. The poem is called the Highwayman and the author is Alfred Noyes. It is about a highwayman that steal from people and he went to a little town and he met a girl was named bess.
The Man He Killed is told in first person through the eyes of what is most likely a returned soldier. This is really encapsulated by the ABAB rhyming structure, colloquial language, most often using one syllable words, and a lack of language devices. It might be expected that this draws from the meaning, but it only empowers it – it also becomes more relatable. Much like Dover Beach, the poem starts optimistic but gradually turns sour with a realization. The departure of faith in this era is evident only by the nonmention of it throughout the poem, instead the theme of mateship and tolerance and the futility of war is highlighted.
The poem could be named several things because the poem is about a person that is forced to make a choice between to roads. While at the intersection he has to pick which one he wants to go down or stand in the woods all night. The poem has a numerous amounts of symbols in it. While reading the poem people will start to see the symbols in it and it has to deal with making decisions. In life people are going to be forced to make decisions that could affect their life in the long run. A good example of making decisions is picking which college someone wants to go to.
In relation to structure and style, the poem contains six stanzas of varying lengths. The first, second, and fourth stanzas
A good example would be when speaker says “I’m an elephant, a ponderous house” (“Metaphors” 2). Where she uses elephant referring to her size and weight from being pregnant, and house because she is sheltering the baby inside her, not that she is an actual elephant or a house. Also, the first and second line is what identifies to the reader, that the speaker is a pregnant women. Furthermore, the speaker gives the impression that she has uncertain feelings about being pregnant. With the choice of words such as: ponderous, ivory, timber, and certain phrases like “I've eaten a bag of green apples/boarded the train there's no getting off” (“Metaphors” 8-9).