Here is an example from a famous poem: Tlot-tlot; tlot tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hooves, ringing clear; Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot, in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear? ―“The Highwayman,” Alfred Noyes 4 Portmanteau A portmanteau combines two or more ...
Analyzing The Poem 'The Highwayman' The poem ¨The Highwayman¨ is about a bandit called the Highwayman. He falls in love with a girl named Bess. The Highwayman tells her that he has a job to do and will bring her back gold. He promises that he will be back by moonlight. A man ...
footpad a thief (historically, a 'footpad' was a highwayman who had no horse) forbear hold back from forebode foresee (especially something that is evil) forespeak foretell, predict foreswear swear not to do something (the past tense is foreswore) forgo let go, do without forlorn abandon...
” In the ballads ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes, they share similar as well as different purposes. Although Noyes’ poem demonstrates that eternallovewill triumph over betrayal, and Longfellow’s poem reveals the tragic outcome ...
footpad a thief (historically, a 'footpad' was a highwayman who had no horse) forbear hold back from forebode foresee (especially something that is evil) forespeak foretell, predict foreswear swear not to do something (the past tense is foreswore) forgo let go, do without forlorn abandon...