Question

What characteristics do narrative poems share with short stories? Give examples of these characteristics in "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes. Then explain the effect of figurative language in this poem and describe how the poem's mood is related to its language, setting, and content.

Your response should be at least two paragraphs. In your first paragraph, explain the characteristics that narrative poems share with short stories and provide examples of these characteristics in "The Highwayman." In your second paragraph, focus on the effect of figurative language and the relationship between the poem's mood and its language, setting, and content.

Answer 1

They both relate to personal experience and are both frequently told from 1st person perspective.
A narrative poem is one that tells a story. It follows a similar structure as that for a short story or novel. There is beginning, a middle, and an end, as well as the usual literary devices such as a character and a plot

examples:
Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say- simile
The wind was a torrent of darkness- Metaphor
He whistled a tune to the window- Onomatopoeia
And the highwayman came riding-
riding- riding-
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door -Repetition