Both “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats and “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes tell stories of heartbreak. In “The Song of Wandering Aengus” a young man falls in love with and then loses a woman who has been transformed from a fish he caught. “The Highwayman,” tells the story of a young robber whose sweetheart sacrifices herself in an attempt to save his life when he’s on his way home. Read the excerpts from both poems. Then choose the best answer for the questions below.