The Highwayman
Have you ever written a love poem before? The poem The Highwayman, By; Alfred Noyes. The poem The Highwayman is all about a highwayman { a thief }, and a man named Tim a stable man { a person who works with horses } that loves the same girl named Bess. One night Tim told the redcoats that he knew were a highwayman was and he knew where to find him, so the redcoats went to Bess and tied her up and waited for him when the highwayman came back to the town, Bess shot herself making the highwayman run away. The next day the redcoats found the highwayman and killed him. This poem was a masterpiece because, the poet Alfred Noyes used a lot of imagery like “ The road is like a ribbon of moonlight”. Metaphor like “ The road is compared to a ribbon of
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Because the poet that wrote this poem made a bunch of imagery so the poem can be more exciting and you can see the setting of where the poem is taking place at. If the poem had no imagery you wouldn’t be able to see where the poem is taking place or anything. If we didn’t put imagery in our poems or stories than they would be boring stores that no one would read.
Another reason this poem is a masterpiece is that it’s full of metaphors. An example like, “ The road is compared to a ribbon of moonlight”. If this poem didn’t have any metaphors the poem wouldn’t have anything to compare with something in the poem making it boring. The story has a lot of metaphors because the poet wanted the poem to be interesting instead of boring because if the story was boring without metaphors no one would want to read it.
The last reason this poem is a master piece is because the poet uses a lot of similes. An example like, “ Bess’s face is compared to a light”. If this poem or any kind of poem didn’t have any similes in it the poem wouldn’t have that much excitement to tell about. If there wasn’t any similes nothing could be compared together making the poem plain and boring. If the poem didn’t have any similes than the poem would be boring, plain, and no one would want to read the
Because the poet that wrote this poem made a bunch of imagery so the poem can be more exciting and you can see the setting of where the poem is taking place at. If the poem had no imagery you wouldn’t be able to see where the poem is taking place or anything. If we didn’t put imagery in our poems or stories than they would be boring stores that no one would read.
Another reason this poem is a masterpiece is that it’s full of metaphors. An example like, “ The road is compared to a ribbon of moonlight”. If this poem didn’t have any metaphors the poem wouldn’t have anything to compare with something in the poem making it boring. The story has a lot of metaphors because the poet wanted the poem to be interesting instead of boring because if the story was boring without metaphors no one would want to read it.
The last reason this poem is a master piece is because the poet uses a lot of similes. An example like, “ Bess’s face is compared to a light”. If this poem or any kind of poem didn’t have any similes in it the poem wouldn’t have that much excitement to tell about. If there wasn’t any similes nothing could be compared together making the poem plain and boring. If the poem didn’t have any similes than the poem would be boring, plain, and no one would want to read the