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Poetry Comparison: 'The Highway Man And Every'
The poem The Highway Man and every where by Fleetwood Mac tell the same story but in different ways in this essay we will be comparing and contrasting these two poems’ mood. The mood of the highway man is a sad feeling because the highway man and his girlfriend are both killed by king George’s soldiers. Another way the highway man’s mood is sad because the highway mans girlfriend has to kill herself to warn the highway man.

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