The Highwayman
The author of "The Highwayman"
Who is Alfred Noyes
The author Of "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
Who is Robert W. Service?
Author of "Holidays"
Who is Jamaica Kincaid?
The author of "Annabelle Lee"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A literary device from "Sam McGee" in the line, "...where the cotton blooms and blows."
What is alliteration?
The stable-hand who betrays Bess and the Highwayman by telling the British the Highwayman is coming.
Who is Tim the Ostler?
The location of the "Alice May," the boat, where Sam McGee was cremated in the poem.
What is Lake Lebarge?
The fruit that the narrator considers buying before returning to wandering around the house.
What is a peach?
The location of Annabelle Lee's tomb following her death at the end of the poem.
What is a "sepulcher by the sea"?
A literary device from "Annabelle Lee" in the line, "That the wind came out of the cloud by night,/Chilling and killing my Annabelle Lee."
The Highwayman is shot down on the highway trying to avenge Bess's death.
What is the climax?
The Yukon territory during the Gold Rush.
What is the setting and time period of the poem?
The narrator considers falling asleep and dreaming of anywhere else.
What is the resolution?
Annabelle Lee and the narrator are in love and living in a kingdom by the sea.
What is the rising action?
A literary device in "The Highwayman" in the line, "...His face burnt like a brand".
What is a similie?
A literary device in "Holidays" from the line, "I sit on the porch facing the mountains. The porch is airy and spacious. I am the only person sitting on the porch."
What is imagery?
A literary device from "Annabelle Lee" in the line, "With a love that the winged seraphs in heaven/Coveted her and me."
What is foreshadowing?