The Highwayman Literary Devices

metaphor
The wind was a torrent of darkness….

simile
Dumb as a dog he listened….

alliteration
His face burned like a brand as the black cascade of perfume……

onomatopoeia
Tlot-tlot! Tlot-tlot! Had they heard it?

personification
There was Death at every window…..

repetition
Then look for me by moonlight, Watch for me by moonlight, I’ll come to thee by moonlight….

situational irony
The characters in the poem do not know Tim the ostler is listening to their plans. The reader has information the characters do not.

allusion
King George’s men came marching up to the old inn door.

stanza
a group of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph in an essay

hook for the poem
Set the Scene

clincher for the poem
Hook and Return

emphatic verb
I did love the poem “The Highwayman.” I do recommend it to everyone!

imagery
black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast…..

external conflict
a conflict between a character and another person or nature

internal conflict
a conflict between a character and himself

ballad
a poem with a song-like quality, usually with a romantic theme

narrative poem
a poem that tells a story

rhythm and meter
a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables to create a sound effect

metaphor
The road was a ribbon of moonlight…

simile
His hair like moldy hay

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The Highwayman Literary Devices
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