Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________________________________ Period: _______ Due: Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 #:_____ Section: UNITS “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes Pgs. 300 – 305 Part I – Prediction about video clip (The link to this clip is on Mrs. Pile’s website) Directions: After watching “The Highwayman” video clip, answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1. After watching “The Highwayman” video clip, what do you think this poem is about? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What was the overall mood conveyed in the video? Mood How is this conveyed to the viewer? 1. 3. How does the music influence the mood of the video? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How does the lack of speech impact the mood of the video? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ye old page 1 Part II – Literary and Figurative Analysis Directions: After reading “The Highwayman,” answer the following questions. 1. List and use three different adjectives to describe the two main characters of the poem in the chart below. - Then, include the line number(s) from the poem to support your description. Name of character 1. Adjectives to describe character a. Line numbers to support adjective choices b. c. 2. a. b. c. 2. Find three details in the poem that make the highwayman appear a romantic or dashing figure. List the lines and line numbers from the poem. Then, explain how those lines show that he’s romantic or dashing. Line #’s How does this show that he’s romantic and/or dashing? Ye old page 2 3. What elements of the setting add to the poem’s romantic quality? Find two examples from the poem, include the lines and line numbers and explain! Line #’s How does this element of the setting add to the poem’s romantic quality? 4. What do the last two stanzas suggest about Bess and her highwayman? *ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Would the poem been as effective if it had ended at line 90? Explain your response. *ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What type(s) of poetry is this poem and why? (Lyric, narrative, concrete) *ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ye old page 3 7. What kinds of moods are conveyed throughout the poem? Do they differ? Analyze Part One and Part Two of the poem to determine the moods you feel are conveyed. Explain your choices. Moods How do you feel this mood is conveyed to the reader? Part One Part Two 8. Using the chart below, identify the following types of figurative language in the poem. List the lines, line numbers, AND how the use of that figurative language contributes to the poem. Type of F. L. Line #’s Onomatopoeia How does this use of figurative language contribute to the poem? Imagery 1 Imagery 2 Ye old page 4 Type of F. L. Alliteration Line #’s How does this use of figurative language contribute to the poem? Metaphor 1 Metaphor 2 Metaphor 3 Repetition Rhythm Rhyme Simile Ye old page 5 9. Rhyme Scheme – Identify the rhyme scheme in the following stanzas: The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees _____ The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. _____ The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, _____ And the highwayman came riding – _____ Riding – Riding – _____ The highwayman came riding, up to the old in door. _____ He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin _____ A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doeskin. _____ They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh. _____ And he rode with a jeweled twinkle, _____ His pistol butts a-twinkle, _____ His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky. _____ Over the cobbles he clattered and clashes in the dark innyard. _____ He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred. _____ He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there _____ But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, _____ Bess, the landlord’s daughter, _____ Plaiting a dark red love knot into her long black hair. _____ Ye old page 6
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