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Alfred Noyes (1880 - 1958 / Wolverhamton / England)
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Alfred Noyes was the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. He was born on the 16th of September in the year 1880 in the town of Wolverhamton, England .. more >>
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The Highwayman

  The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upo .........
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  Joriz De Guia  (2/5/2010 12:39:00 PM)

., this poem is a very nice poem.i have been reading this for years now and it makes me cry.LOL.this poem shows that if you love someone you would do anything for her or him even if you are in an illicit affair.hehe dot was here!
  Liezl Columnas  (2/4/2010 10:29:00 PM)

As we discuss this poem, it is really an unbelievable doings just for the sake of love.....because the girl who named as Bess and the highwayman really fight for their love even though they knew that it was a forbidden love that the father of the girl don't want the guy to be with his daughter......imagine how hurt is was for the boy...and what they did is really can make you inspire and feel that is a true love, ....that they both died for their love and they mean to do it, for the 2nd and the no ending life......: =)
  Ronnie Male  (2/4/2010 6:55:00 PM)

The Highway Man shows that if you love someone you'd do anything for them. I wish all boys would do the for a girl... Doesn't work that way.

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  Grim Reaper  (2/4/2010 7:45:00 AM)

Although the two lovers perish in a very crucial death but they're love for each other is an everlasting pledge.As I finish reading the poem I was touched by the highwayman's death it was courage and love that gave him the power to keep going on. The highwayman is a man of action because he truly agree his promise to the girl.Maybe love is not found in words but it is found in the way you define it. ^_^ Haheha.! Werty was here.!
  Kaela Acosta  (2/4/2010 6:05:00 AM)

....a very heart touching poem that teaches us how to fight for our love...This poem is magnifecent...the poem really incougages us to be true to the person we love till the end of our life...hope this poem will always serve as an inspiration to all of us...
  Erika Eguia  (2/4/2010 5:11:00 AM)

, ., tHe pOem wAs aMaziNg, ., iT is aLl aBoUt tHe fOrbidDen lOve sTorY oF tHe hIghwAy mAn (rObBer) aNd tHe lAndloRds dAuGhter Bess, ., aFter we tAcklEd tHe pOem I rEaliZed tHat LOVE wOuld cOnqUer aLl, ., eVen tHouGh deAth cOmes aLong iN beTwEen tHe tWo pErsOns wHo aRe bOth iN loVe tHey sTilL fiGht fOr it aNd diE fOr it, .,
  Menchie Celicious  (2/4/2010 3:52:00 AM)

the poem is great....it is an ode of a forbidden love between a robber and a daughter of a landlord which in the end both of them died but death couldn't tear them apart for the reason that their affection to each other is true and pure......it is an ode that gives us idea what true love really means.......even though both of them died, for me it is still a happy ending
  Vezah Marie Rojas  (2/4/2010 3:40:00 AM)

THIS IS FROM MARY FAITH AGUSTIN:

after we tackled up the poem...i realize that you can do everything in the name of love...that's why Bess committed suicide because of the 'FORBIDDEN LOVE'...Forbidden Love? Yes, because Bess' father didn't want the highwayman to be the lover of his daughter. Being a natural individual you can do anything just to fight for your 'LOVE'
-MARY FAITH AGUSTIN-
  Vezah Marie Rojas  (2/4/2010 3:23:00 AM)

This poem is really amazing...I find it hard to understand at first but when my teacher explained it, I felt an unhappy emotion...and as I understand about this poem...it is about 2 couples who loved each other, Bess and the highwayman. When Tim the ostler knew about the relationship, he told King George about their relationship and since in that time highwayman is against the authority, all highwayman must be captured. But when Tim told the king, i believed that he only did this because of his jealousy towards the highwayman because Tim loved Bess but Bess loved the highwayman...when King George sent his men to capture the highwayman, I knew that in their dirty minds that the main reason they went to the landlord's place was to rape Bess because every man would be honored to have Bess in their life...I was so amazed on how brave the couples were because they are willing to die in the name of love...They never thought twice about their love...I was touched on the part where Bess killed herself to warn the highwayman about the king's men but because the highwayman loved Bess so much, he is willing to fight until the end for Bess and in the end they both died. And their love is still felt in the place where they both died and proving that love is eternal.
  Kimberly Ticzon  (2/4/2010 12:11:00 AM)

the poem was very good. as i've understood the poem its about two lovers who fight for their love. bess and the highwayman die at the end because bess warns the highwayman that its a plot that they are going to kill him.




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