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The Highwayman Part Two

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Alfred Noyes: “The Highwayman" ~ a romantic ballad poem first published August 1906

This story is included in my short story unit for middle school students. Its use of figurative language and narrative techniques make it a perfect fit to discuss these ideas both in-person and during hybrid learning.

0:00 ~ Previously on “The Highwayman”

Part Two
0:45 ~ Stanza I ~ Rising Action ~ Motif ~ The Ribbon
1:55 ~ A Complication
2:15 ~ King George Challenge: Which of the six Georges was this set during? (Hint: it is not King Author)
2:43 ~ Stanza II ~ in which a trap is set
4:27 ~ Stanza III ~ “Keep good watch” ~ the long wait
4:50 ~ Stanza IV ~ “Stretched and strained in the darkness”
5:13 ~ Stanza V ~ “The road lay bare in the moonlight”

Building Towards the Climax
5:40 ~ Stanza VI ~ “Over the brow of the hill, the highwayman came riding”

6:50 ~ Prediction before the story unfolds

7:13 ~ “The Highwayman” performed by Loreena McKennitt (The Book of Secrets)
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