Poem Review: The Highwayman By Alfred Noyes

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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. They both love each other real fast then the ostler liked bess before the highwayman and ostler got really mad and the highwayman said “One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I’m after a prize tonight, But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, Then look for me by moonlight, watch for me by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.” The highwayman went off to get his prize. This poem was great because the author was great to making this poem because all the part and love part to are great. …show more content…

Ostler told the red the colts when the Highwayman was going to robb next.Then, Bess waiting for his true love to come back to her. Bess heard the the red colts coming down the road and she was thinking about what the Highwayman said to her. Bess figure out what the Highwayman said and then the red colts came in and sat out a trap for the Highwayman. They put the girl standing straight up and tied her up with musket pointing right at her chest. But the red colts were going to kill the Highwayman but bess didn’t want to see him die in front of her and she struggles and struggle to get out but she got enough louse to get her figure on the trigger. The Highwayman was coming back to her and she heard the horses feet coming down the road but she tried to warn but there wasn’t a way. Than she pulled the trigger. The Highwayman heard the gunshot than he hurry fast as he could and the red heard him coming and BANG the Highwayman fall off his horse.Laying in his blood on the highway.With a bunch of lace at his

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