Questions on “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes
1. Does this poem have a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme? What kind of poem is it? How do you know this?
2. List 5 words that are repeated. Why does the poet emphasize these words?
3. Give an example of sight imagery, sound imagery, and touch imagery.
4. Name 4 colours that appear in the story more than once? Why has the poet
highlighted these colours (State their connotations).
5. How does the speaker describe the highwayman? How does he describe Bess?
How does he describe Tim? How does he describe the red-coats?
6. What is the mood of this poem? What makes you feel this way?
7. List three metaphors, two similes, two examples of alliteration, an example of
hyperbole and an example of personification.
