What are Bess's motives for committing suicide?

To warn the Highwayman people are after him

How can the Highwayman and Bess still be alive at the end of the poem?

They are ghosts united after death because of love

Which lines from the poem does NOT create the mood of the poem?

the highwayman came riding up to the old inn door

How do the redcoats find out where to find the Highwayman?

The ostler tells them because he is in love with Bess

How are the last stanza's different than the rest of the poem?

They are an epilogue. Tell what happens after the story.

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The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes

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Poetry analysis of The Highway by Alfred Noyes

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1
"His hair like moldy hay" is an example of what figurative language?
simile
alliteration
personification
metaphor
2
Why is the highwayman described as a "madman"?
He learned that Bess loves Tim
he is crazy because he found out Tim told the redcoats
He has learned of Bess's death
He is mad that he did not get all the gold
3
What are Bess's motives for committing suicide?
To warn the Highwayman people are after him
She realized she made a mistake in loving The Highwayman
Because she did not want them to shoot her
She is scared of the Highwayman
4
"Yet if they press me sharply and harry me through the day". What does harry mean?
a lot of hair on them
to harass
name of a man who is after the Highwayman
to do something quickly
5
How can the Highwayman and Bess still be alive at the end of the poem?
They are ghosts come to haunt Tim and the landlord
They are not really dead
They are ghosts united after death because of love
They are ghosts come to get revenge on the redcoats
6
Who is the protagonist in the narrative poem?
the landlord
the redcoats
Tim
The Highwayman
7
Which group of words could possibly be themes of the poem?
love, selfishness, jealousy, happy
love, jealousy, sacrifice
love, self-sacrifice, friendship, hatred
friendship, happiness, jealousy
8
Which lines from the poem does NOT create the mood of the poem?
moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas
the road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor
the wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees
the highwayman came riding up to the old inn door
9
Who is the person to person conflict between?
Landlord and Highwayman
Tim and Bess
Highwayman and Tim
Bess and the Highwayman
10
How do the redcoats find out where to find the Highwayman?
Bess told them because she is mad that the Highwayman left
Tim tells them because he is worried about the Highwayman
The ostler tells them because he is in love with Bess
The landlords tells them
11
Who are considered to be the antagonist(s) in the narrative poem?
Highwayman
Tim and the Redcoats
Redcoats
Tim
12
How are the last stanza's different than the rest of the poem?
They are in the past tense. Reflecting on earlier times
It is the landlord thinking reflecting on what happened.
Just repeating lines from earlier to show love and end happy
They are an epilogue. Tell what happens after the story.

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