The poem, set in 18th century England, tells the story of a nameless highwayman who is in love with Bess, a landlord's (innkeeper) daughter. Betrayed to the authorities by Tim, a jealous ostler (stableman), the highwayman escapes ambush when Bess sacrifices her life to warn him. Learning of her death he dies himself in a futile attempt at revenge, shot down on the highway. In the final stanza, the ghosts of the lovers meet again on winter nights
\x26quot;The Highwayman\x26quot; by Nancy L
The poem makes effective use of vivid imagery for the background and of repetitious phrases to create the sense of a horseman riding at ease through the rural darkness to a lovers' tryst or of soldiers marching down the same road to ambush him.
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Almost half a century later, Noyes wrote: "I think the success of the poem...was because it was not an artificial composition, but was written at an age when I was genuinely excited by that kind of romantic story".
It is based upon the poem "The
and Bess in The Highwayman
The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes
The Highwayman – By Emily
\x26quot;The Highwayman\x26quot; by Nancy L
The poem makes effective use of vivid imagery for the background and of repetitious phrases to create the sense of a horseman riding at ease through the rural darkness to a lovers' tryst or of soldiers marching down the same road to ambush him.
The Highwayman 03 by
Almost half a century later, Noyes wrote: "I think the success of the poem...was because it was not an artificial composition, but was written at an age when I was genuinely excited by that kind of romantic story".
It is based upon the poem "The
and Bess in The Highwayman
The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes
The Highwayman – By Emily
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