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Stanza 1
This stanza tells about the setting of the poem. The setting is dark, windy and cloudy. The highwayman is riding up to the inn.
Stanza 2
The appearance of the highwayman is described. The man was well dressed and was perhaps a gentleman.
Stanza 3
The highwayman was going to visit Bess, the landlord's daughter.
Stanza 4
The highwayman is going to rob someone, but Tim the ostler is listening. Both Tim and the highwayman love Bess.
Stanza 5
Before the highwayman leaves he smells Bess' perfume and thinks about how much he loves her.
Stanza 6
King George's men went to the inn. The highwayman did not go to the inn. They probably went to the inn because Tim told them.
Stanza 7
King George's men gagged and tied Bess. The men were holding muskets while waiting for the highwayman.
Stanza 8
Bess has a musket pointed at her and the king's men are making jokes at her.
Stanza 9
Bess is trying to free herself and she is able to touch the trigger of the musket.
Stanza 10
Bess looks out the window and does not see the highwayman. The road is bare. Bess wanted to warn the highwayman that the king's men were at the inn.
Stanza 11
The highwayman is beginning to get closer to the inn and the footsteps of the horse are heard.
Stanza 12
Bess has died because she was trying to warn the highwayman.
Stanza 13
At dawn the highwayman hears that Bess has died and had killed herself because she was trying to wait for him to warn him about the king's men.
Stanza 14
The highwayman was going back to the inn. He was enraged that the men had killed Bess. When he got back to the inn, he got shot and died.
Stanza 15
Sometimes on a winter night, the highwayman (ghost) can be heard riding to the inn.
Stanza 16
The highwayman (ghost) was whistling a tune to the window so that Bess (ghost) would meet him.
What else can I help you with?
What happens to the highwayman in the poem?
if a highwayman was caught he would be hung
What is the complication of the highwayman?
The highwayman
Would the highwayman kidnap children?
if they could catch them, keep them in your car!
What was the highwayman's catch phrase?
what is the famouse catchfrase for the highwayman
Who narrate the highwayman?
Who is the protagonist in the highwayman
What happens to the highwayman in the poem?
if a highwayman was caught he would be hung
What is the paraphrase of alliteration?
Alliteration is a written sound, such as boom, or bang. So the paraphrase of alliteration would be something such as if the alliteration was "crash", the paraphrase alliteration would be something like, " the plates went crash as they hit the floor". So, a paraphrase alliteration is basically a paraphrase with an alliteration.
What is the complication of the highwayman?
The highwayman
what is the complications of the highwayman?
The highwayman
When were the highwayman about?
the highwayman were about in the 18th century
How would you paraphrase Plutarch's description of spartan education?
military
How do we use paraphrase in a sentence?
The noun 'paraphrase' is a restatement of text or words in different words, usually to clarify the meaning. Example sentence: A paraphrase for the saying, 'What is past is prologue', is to learn what will happen, look back to see what happened before.
Who is the highwayman in the story the highwayman?
robin hood
When were the highwayman's first about?
the highwayman were about in the 18th century
What sort of pistol would a highwayman have?
Different highwaymen in different times and places would have different pistols, but the stereotypical highwayman of 18th Century England would have a single-shot flintlock pistol, the best available at the time.
Would the highwayman kidnap children?
if they could catch them, keep them in your car!
Why did we need a highwayman?
A highwayman was a thief who robbed people traveling on the highway. I do not know that anyone "needed" a highwayman.
