Metaphors In The Highwayman

This essay will be about The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. He wrote it in 1908 in August. Think that he used a lot of imagery in his poem because it made me imagine a lot of stuff about like what's going on in the poem like when i described like what people look like and what's going on in the poem . This poet alfred noyes did a really good job on his poem because it had a lot of stuff poems would have in it like imagery,metaphor,simile,and personification.He also used them in places where they should be like he started of with describing how the highwayman look and that really grabbed my attention.

As evident by the title of this poem, imagery is a strong technique used in this poem as the author describes with great detail his journey through a sawmill town. This technique is used most in the following phrases: “...down a tilting road, into a distant valley.” And “The sawmill towns, bare hamlets built of boards with perhaps a store”. This has the effect of creating an image in the reader’s mind and making the poem even more real.

In poetry, there is often the use of many words that may seem a bit strange to the average reader. These words are often more complex than what is actually meant, but are used to enhance the reading and make it more enjoyable to the reader. Other words would make the poem less smooth, and that is why such complexity arises. These words shape a type of metaphor, which is referred to as a kenning.

Love Essay Many people at one time in his or her life have experienced a very powerful love with someone or something. Love is powerful and has mostly negative consequences. In my opinion, Alfred Noyes best exemplifies the power of love because people sacrifice themselves for love and people are jealous from love.

“The Highwayman” is considered to be historical fiction because it is a made up story with fake characters but is based on a specific time period in history. First, in the story “The Highwayman”, it says, “He’d a French cocked hat on his forehead a bunch of lace at his chin, A coat of claret velvet, and breeches of brown doeskin.” This supports the historical fact that highwaymen dressed liked aristocrats, a detail that can be found in “Gentlemen of the Road.” Another historical fact that can be found in “Gentlemen of the Road” is that highwaymen existed in the 17th and 18th century in England. The made up events “The highwayman came riding, up the old inn door” and “King George’s men came marching, up the old inn door. They had tied her up

I’m glad that this poem uses the poetic devices that it uses because it makes the poem way better than it would’ve been if it hadn’t used it. One poetic device that this poem uses to make it a masterpiece are metaphors. The metaphors in this poem include comparing the road to a ribbon of moonlight, and comparing

A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares two things without using the words like or as. This device helps create the mood because it gives the reader a comparison to what the author is talking about, which makes the poem more relatable. Metaphors are used in many books and stories to help create the mood. For example, Walt Whitman writes, “ The ship has weather'd every rack…” (Whitman). The speaker is discussing how many hardships and damage this ship has endured throughout its

a) The orientation in the poem ‘The Highwayman’ occurs in stanzas 1,2 and 3. In the first stanza we are introduced to the first two characters, Bess and the highwayman, who are deeply in love. In line 6, when the highwayman is being introduced, the reader finds out that he is riding up to the inn. In the second stanza, the poet describes some specifics only about the highwayman’s appearance. Even though the highwayman is known as a robber, he acts like the hero in the story.

A poetic device that the speaker uses is Hyperbole. The speaker states " A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee." This is an exaggeration, however it fits perfectly with this poem. Because it helps to create imagery and it helps to put an idea into the readers head about what happens to Annabel lee. The speaker also uses shifts, in order to jump from past tense to present tense. For example at the start of this poem, he describes this girl named Annabel lee whom he was in love with. But as the poem progresses the time periods begin to change. He describes her death, how angry he became, and how he deals with it.

The two poetic devices in the poem are situatiuonal irony and repetition. Situational irony happens a lot in this poem. In lines four and five it says "So I jumped in and sank, I came up once and hollered". You think that he is going to drown himself but he does not. I think that this means that on the surface

Another sound device used this poem is alliteration because the author wants to bring more attention to an idea or image.

The power words within poetry have is astonishing. Poetry has the power to paint gorgeous and captivating pictures. Often times, even the vaguest lines in poetry portray pictures in people’s minds. This figurative illustration is called imagery. Imagery provides writers the ability to give their poems and stories a pictorial feel to readers. This is very common in poetry. Poems that depict imagery include “The Eagle,” “Winter,” and “Acquainted with the Night.”

Next, I would be talking about the use of imagery to create impressions of success. Firstly, the poet uses the simile “like a demon” that demonstrates a “more-than-usually-complete materialization”. This simile compares the characteristic of ‘materialization’ to the starting of the tractor, where the phrase “more-than-usually-complete” emphasizes that the effort taken to start the tractor was immense and tremendously difficult such that the ignition of the tractor’s engine is “more-than-usually-complete”, displaying the impressions of success. Furthermore, the poet uses the personification ‘levers awake imprisoned deadweight’, where the word ‘awake’ is used to cause someone to get up from sleep. This word tells us that the tractor is “awaken” after a deep sleep, and that shows us that the persona is successful in “awaking” the tractor. Additionally, the word “imprisoned” suggests that that the tractor was locked away, but is now freed from imprisonment, suggesting triumph and victory in starting the tractor. Hence, we can see that poet uses imagery to create impressions of success and victory.

In William Gay’s short story “Closure and Roadkill on the Life’s Highway” the comment is made that “ten thousand dollars would put things in a whole other light...” (Gay 172)

The poem starts out with a highwayman (this is a thief who use to hold people’s carriages they usually come on horseback) visiting his girlfriend Bess who is the daughter of an innkeeper. He's on the move (meaning he will be back the next day after he has robbed some people) so he only has time for one kiss. But in the shadows Tim the ostler who loves Bess listens and tells the red coats.