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Section: In Class Work
“The Highwayman” by Alfred Notes
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?
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2. What was the overall mood conveyed in the video?
Mood
How is this conveyed to the viewer?
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3. How does the music influence the mood of the video?
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4. How does the lack of speech impact the mood of the video?
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Part II – Literary and Figurative Analysis
Directions:
 After reading “The Highwayman,” answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. List and describe the two main characters of the poem in the chart below.
Then, include at least one piece of evidence from the poem to support your
description.
Name
1.
Description
Evidence from poem; include line numbers
2.
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.
Lines
Line #’s
How does this show that he’s
romantic/dashing?
1.
2.
3.
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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!
Lines
Line #’s
How does this element of the setting add
to the poem’s romantic quality?
1.
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4. What do the last two stanzas suggest about Bess and her highwayman?
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5. Would the poem been as effective if it had ended at line 90? Explain your response.
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6. What type(s) of poetry is this poem and why? (Lyric, narrative, concrete)
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7. What kinds of mood 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.
Mood(s)
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.
Lines
Line #’s
How does this use of figurative
language contribute to the poem?
Onomatopoeia
Imagery 1
Imagery 2
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Type of F. L.
Lines
Line #’s
How does this use of figurative
language contribute to the poem?
Alliteration
Metaphor 1
Metaphor 2
Metaphor 3
Repetition
Rhythm
Rhyme
Simile
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9. Rhyme Scheme – Identify the rhyme scheme in the following stanzas:
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees
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The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
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The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
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And the highwayman came riding –
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Riding – Riding –
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The highwayman came riding, up to the old in door.
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He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin
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A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doeskin.
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They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh.
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And he rode with a jeweled twinkle,
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His pistol butts a-twinkle,
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His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky.
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Over the cobbles he clattered and clashes in the dark innyard.
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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
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But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter,
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Bess, the landlord’s daughter,
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Plaiting a dark red love knot into her long black hair.
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