Vocab
cobbles
rocks or bricks that create a roadway
"his hair like mouldy hay."
simile
When do the Highwayman and Bess first meet?
In the middle of the night.
This person is a criminal with a secret love.
the highwayman
What is the genre of "The Highwayman?"
poetry
writhe
to twist the body around in pain
Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence!
onomatopoeia
Why does the highwayman leave?
He is going to go steal from some travellers.
The landlord's daughter
Bess
What is the climax of the story?
Bess kills herself to warn the Highwayman
plait
to braid
The highwayman came riding, riding, riding!
repetition
Tim the Ostler tells them.
These men are trying to catch and kill the highwayman.
the redcoats
The first two stanzas and the last two stanzas of this poem are the same. This is called a ____.
full circle ending
When I cut my hand, the blood that came out was the color _____.
claret
"The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor."
metaphor
Why does Bess kill herself?
She loves the highwayman so much that she is willing to warn him and keep him safe by dying.
Bess's father
the landlord
What mood does the description of the setting give in stanza one?
dark, gloomy, spooky
I opened the _________ to get some fresh air in the room.
casement
"She stood up, straight and still!"
alliteration
When the highwayman hears what happened to Bess, why does he turn around and go back?
He is so upset that he doesn't want to live, so he lets the redcoats kill him.
Tim the ostler
What is the resolution of this story?
Even though Bess and the Highwayman have died, their love lives on - they continue to meet as ghosts.