The Highwayman : PART ONE I THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding— ...
A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door. XI Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard; He taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred; He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there But the landlord's...
She made me forget what century I lived in, that I was ashamed I was young, when she was old, and well, where she was sick, so when we opened up our books one day I read THE HIGHWAYMAN and I was he. She made me forget that he dies. I read...
The poem is written in 2 parts. Part 1 contains 6 stanzas while Part 2 contains 11 stanzas. The poet made extensive use of imagery, alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification and other poetic devices in conveying his message. The Meaning The highwayman in the poem is unnamed. He’s ...
Dollar, aet 65, in his famous fanciful Poem—"Anster Fair," muddles incongruouslyMaggie Landerwith her suitors "King James" and "Rob the Ranter,"a Piper by the wayside. In fact, they were theidentical "personified " individuals. In Canto XL Dr. Ten- ...
Alfred Noyes