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Read the following excerpt from Alfred Noyes’s narrative poem "The Highwayman." Which three literary elements do these stanzas contain?

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding— Riding—riding— The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin, A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin. They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh. And he rode with a jewelled twinkle, His pistol butts a-twinkle, His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky. Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard. He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred. He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, Bess, the landlord’s daughter, Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.

A. characters

B. plot

C. theme

D. setting

E.flashback

Answer 1

The excerpt of the poem written by Alfred Noyes contain: A. characters, C. theme, and D. setting.  The first literary element: characters, is present with the description of the highwayman, a man that enter an old inn wearing a french hat, lace at his chin, a coat, high boots and a pistol. There's another character presented in the excerpt, the landlord's daughter, a girl with black eyes and black long hair. Thus, the characters are the people presented on the poem. The second literary element is the theme: an unknown man enters and old inn and meets the owner's daughter, thus the theme is what the poem is talking about. Finally we have the setting: the description of the highway, the sky, the inn, all the description of the places, what surrounds the characters make up the setting of the poem.

Answer 2

Answer: A, C and D

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