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The Highwayman

The Highwayman. By Alfred Noyes. Willing to sacrifice?. Not willing to sacrifice?. What would you sacrifice for love?. Notes. Narrative poem : a poem that tells a story Rhyme : words that sound the same Internal rhyme : words that rhyme in the same line

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The Highwayman

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  1. The Highwayman By Alfred Noyes

  2. Willing to sacrifice? Not willing to sacrifice? What would you sacrifice for love?

  3. Notes • Narrative poem: a poem that tells a story • Rhyme: words that sound the same • Internal rhyme: words that rhyme in the same line • External rhyme: words that rhyme at the end of lines

  4. More notes • Characters: a person that takes part in the story • Setting: time and place • Plot: the sequence of events that happen in the story • Theme: a message about life

  5. Figurative Language Notes • Simile: a comparison of 2 unlike things using “like” or “as” (Life is “like” a box of chocolates.) • Repetition: the repeated use of a word, sound, etc. to stress the importance of something • Onomatopoeia: the use of words to imitate sound (sizzle, pop, buzz) • Personification: giving human characteristics to an animal or object

  6. Vocabulary • torrent: n flood • moor: n open, rolling land with swamps • breeches: n trousers that reach to or just below the knee • cascade: n waterfall or anything tumbling like water

  7. More Vocabulary 5. tawny: adj yellowish, brown 6. strive: v struggle 7. brandished: v waved in a threatening way

  8. Notes – p. 566 • Setting: on a moor; on a windy, moonlit night • Mood: (adjectives) creepy, scary, spooky • Metaphors: • “The wind was a torrent of darkness…” • “The moon was a ghostly galleon…”

  9. Notes – p. 566-67 continued • Onomatopoeia: “clattered and clashed” (describing the horse on the cobbled road) • Characters: • the “highwayman”: likes to dress nice (he loves Bess) • Bess: the landlord’s daughter; “friend” of the highwayman; dark eyes; dark hair; braided red ribbon in hair

  10. Notes – p. 567 • Character: • Tim: an inn employee who takes care of the guests’ horses; sounds crazy; looks odd/strange; he loves Bess too • Tim is listening to Bess and the highwayman (secretly) • Poem describes the highwayman as a robber

  11. Notes – p. 567 continued • The highwayman tells he’ll be back by midnight no matter what • He uses the phrase “if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,…”: suggests that he will be stealing the gold and “they” will be after him for stealing.

  12. Notes – p. 567 • Bess and the highwayman say goodbye – a very romantic, passionate goodbye!

  13. Activity 1 – Modern Day VersionPart 1 – pages 566-67 • Take Part 1 of the poem (lines 1-36). • Rewrite the poem replacing adjectives, adverbs, names, etc. with new words (new words to you also). • Use a dictionary!!! • Keep the format the same (or as clos • e as possible).

  14. Notes – p. 567 Part 2 • The Redcoats came to the inn – to find the Highwayman. • Repetition: “marching” imitates the steps of the soldiers.

  15. Notes – p. 568 continued • Redcoats tied and gagged Bess. • Posted at windows to wait for Highwayman. • “hell at one dark window” the window in Bess’s room where she could see the road… • Redcoat at window with musket.

  16. Notes – p. 568 continued • Musket pointed at her heart. • She remembers what the Highwayman said – he would return. • She reaches the trigger (at midnight).

  17. Notes – p. 568 • She’s standing with finger on trigger -- she hears the Highwayman riding. • Repetition – “riding” imitates the sound of the Highwayman riding his horse toward the inn. • Onomatopoeia: “Tlot-tlot” imitates sound of horse

  18. Notes – p. 568 • She heard his horse near, she prepared herself, then pulled the trigger as a warning to him. • She died – committed suicide. • For love? Why? • He heard the gun; he rode away. • He finds out at dawn what Bess did.

  19. Notes – p. 569 • He was back on the highway, angry. • They found him and killed him – shot him “down like a dog”.

  20. Activity 2 – Defend Your Opinion • What is your opinion? • How do you feel about the conduct of the Red Coats? • Defend your opinion: • Should they have taken hostages and taken over the inn or NOT? • If yes, why? • If not, why not and how should they have proceeded?

  21. Theme Theme: subject or topic Possible Themes: Love is immortal. Nothing can stop true love. Discussion: What might be some other possible themes?

  22. Activity 3 – Author’s PurposeWhich was this author’s purpose? • To show how romantic a life of crime can be. • To prove that law enforcement officials were cruel. • To convey the idea that people truly in love should be willing to die for each other. • To entertain readers with a vividly written and suspenseful narrative.

  23. Activity 4 – Use of LanguagePart 1 & Part 2 • Use the list of events from the plot. • List key words and phrases the poet uses that make each event “come alive” in your mind. • Then compare the poem by Alfred Noyes to the modified version. Why does his poem make the events come alive more than the modified version?

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