Figurative language is a big part of the reader’s understanding of a poem. The poem, “The Highwayman” is by Alfred Noyes and he uses some figurative language in his poem to explain more detail. The poem is about a thief and a woman falling in love. The thief is a wanted man and the king heard about the couple. He sent soldiers to capture the woman and set a trap for the thief to catch him. During it all, the woman decided that the only way to warn the highwayman, or thief, about the soldiers trying to catch him is to shoot a gun. The certain gun, is pointed on herself. When she hears the highwayman riding she shot the gun and he didn’t find out about her death until the next morning. He then turned and rode until he was shot down on his travels. I would claim the poem as being an average poem.
One reason why I claim this poem as average is because the poem doesn’t contain a lot of figurative language. The poem has a few examples of most figurative language types, but it doesn’t…
One device he uses like that is alliteration. Alliteration is when a certain sound occurs in many different words in a row. Another kind of figurative language he uses that sounds a certain way is consonance. Consonance is when a consonant sound repeats multiple times. One example of these two devices is, “Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed.” This sentence is an example of alliteration and consonance because it is a repeating sound.
Another device that Alfred Noyes uses in his poem is imagery. Imagery is when the author uses detailed descriptions to paint a picture in your mind. One example of imagery is, “A coat of the claret velvet.” Another example of it is, “Breeches of brown doeskin.” These lines from the poem are examples of imagery because the author describes what the articles of clothing are, and what they look like, in order to make you imagine what they would look like in…
