The document discusses key literary devices used in the narrative poem "Highwayman" including personification, repetition, dialogue, chronological order, metaphor, simile, foreshadowing, alliteration, mood, and onomatopoeia. It provides examples for each device to illustrate its meaning and use within poetry.

1. POETRY NOTES FOR “HIGHWAYMAN”
Narrative poetry – Poetry that tells a story
Personification- Giving nonhuman objects human characteristics
Ex. The wind whistled in the trees.
Repetition- The use of a word or group of words more than once in a poem.
Dialogue- The words spoken by characters; usually set off by quotation
marks (“”)
Chronological Order – The order that things happen; time order.
Metaphor – Saying something is something else
Ex. The road was a gypsy’s ribbon
Simile – Comparing two things using like or as
Ex. His face was burnt like a brand
Foreshadowing – The use of clues to suggest events that have yet to happen
Ex. She heard the dead man say
Alliteration- repetition of beginning consonant sounds
Ex. Sally sells seashells from the seashore
Mood – the feeling the reader gets when they read the story
Ex. Scary, eerie
Onomatopoeia – sound words Ex. Buzz, tlot, tlot