Tim does this kind of listening to get information?
What is eavesdrops?
100
People would stay at these to get off the road at night.
What are inns?
100
Metaphor: The wind was a ______ of darkness (vocabulary word for flood)
What is torrent?
100
"Bess" is the nickname for what formal name?
What is Elizabeth?
200
tan
What is tawny?
200
The highwayman whistles and does this to Bess's window to get her attention.
What is taps?
200
The soldiers serve under this king.
Who is King George?
200
Simile: Tim's hair was like moldy _________.
What is hay?
200
The poet of "The Highwayman"
Who is Alfred Noyes?
300
The highwayman's jacket is this color.
What is claret?
300
The highwayman says, "One kiss, my _________ sweetheart." Fill in the blank with the Scottish word for "pretty."
What is bonny?
300
Another word for an innkeeper back then
What is landlord?
300
Metaphor: The road was a _________'s ribbon, looping the purple moor.
What is gypsy?
300
Another English outlaw whose initials are R.H. (and his very large friend was named Little John)
Who is Robin Hood?
400
To wave in a threatening way
What is brandish?
400
The highwayman tells Bess to watch for him by THIS.
What is moonlight?
400
What people drank-- sometimes it was safer than water!
What is ale?
400
Simile: Back he (the highwayman) spurred like a ___________, shrieking a curse to the sky. (This word was also like a hit show on the AMC channel up until a few years ago.)
What is madman?
400
The sound the horse hooves make in the poem
What is tlot-tlot?
500
Your ship has sailed!
What is a galleon?
500
Bess plaits a dark red love-knot into her long black ____.
What is hair?
500
The country in which this poem is set
What is England?
500
Metaphor: "The ________ was a ghostly galleon"
What is moon?
500
The band who sings "Everywhere" (we saw the video, which uses the story of "The Highwayman"-- the one where he looks like Capt. Crunch)