The Highwayman By Alfred Noyes

In “ The Highwayman “ written by Alfred Noyes is a narrative poem that describes the theme love is worth dying for. In the poem, it states “ Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him- with her death. “ This is saying that in the night she killed herself to warn the highwayman that the soldiers were coming after him. Therefore, this occurs because she wanted to warn the highwayman, so she sacrificed her life for his. Another piece of evidence that backs up the theme love is worth dying for, “ Bowed, with her head over the musket, drenched with her on blood, not till dawn he heard it, his face grew gray to hear how Bess the landlord’s daughter had watched for her love in the moonlight and died in the darkness there. “ There is