Poetic Techniques
stanzas
What is lace?
A fine open fabric of cotton or silk, made by looping, twisting, or knitting thread in patterns and used especially for trimming garments.
Fill in the gaps in the first line
The wind was a torrent of ______________, among the _________ trees
darkness, gusty
The landlord's daughter's name is
Bess
The wind was a torrent of _______________
darkness
Then look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I’ll come to thee by moonlight,
What poetic technique is evident in these three lines?
repetition
What is a musket?
A type of gun with a long barrel
Riding on horseback
Describe Bess' hair in three ways
Black
Plaited into a love knot
The moon was a ghostly ________________
galleon
Down like a dog on the highway
What poetic technique is this line an example of
Simile
What is a casement?
A window or part of a window set on a vertical hinge so that it opens like a door.
Other than the Highwayman, who is the other person to love the landlord's daughter?
Tim the Ostler
The name of the Ostler is
Tim
The road was a _____________ of moonlight
Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard.
What poetic technique is this an example of?
Alliteration
What does the word brandished mean?
Wave or hold up something (especially a weapon) in anger, threat or excitement
At what time does the Highwayman say that he will originally return? (Not the moonlight)
He says that he will return before the morning light
What is the name of the King in the poem?
King George
Over the ______________ he clattered and ________________.
cobbles, clashed
What poetic technique that is not repetition, do these lines create?
A red-coat troop came marching—
Marching—marching—
Rhythm
And out of the tawny sunset, before the rise of the moon
What does the word tawny mean?
Of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour
What is the name of the army that The Ostler calls that hunt the Highwayman?
The Red Coats
Describe one key difference about the italicised part of the poem.
The characters are now ghosts which haunt the town
The italicised part is set in the future rather than the past
The italicised part is ongoing rather than a story that has finished
But he loved the landlord’s daughter,
The landlord’s _____________ daughter.
red-lipped