"The Highwayman" Figurative Language Examples – Flashcards
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SYMBOLISM
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Every time Alfred Noyes mentions RED (coat of claret velvet, lanlord's red-lipped daughter, red coat troop came marching) it's an example of this.
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SIMILE
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Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say
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SIMILE
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Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky
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REPETITION
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And the highwayman came riding— Riding—riding— The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
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ALLITERATION
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Over the Cobbles he CLattered and CLashed in the dark inn-yard,
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ALLITERATION
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He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
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METAPHOR
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The wind was a torrent of darkness
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METAPHOR
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The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas
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METAPHOR
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The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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He WHISTLED a tune to the window
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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And he TAPPED with his whip on the shutters
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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TLOT-TLOT in the frosty silence, TLOT-TLOT in the echoing night!
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END RHYME
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The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty TREES, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy SEAS,
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END RHYME
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"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize TONIGHT, But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning LIGHT;
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REPETITION
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A red-coat troop came marching— Marching—marching— King George's men came marching...
