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Sound Devices Used In The Highwayman
Poetry is very special because it is like magic; it hits you deep in your soul and makes you feel their love. You can use many things in your poem to create a lot of tension. The poet Alfred Noyes is very good at making his poetry stand out to you. He is also very good at making his poetry have a lot of tension. In the poem ‘The Highwayman’ he uses many sound devices to create this tension. Another thing that creates the tension in the poem is the punctuation, how he is making you read the poem. Some examples of sound devices that he uses are alliteration, onimonipea, consonance, rhythm, and assonance. He creates many examples of these four sound devices in his work to create a very clear mood of tension.
Alfred Noyes uses many sound devices

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