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ACTIvITy 4.7
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100 But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, Bess, the landlord’s daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
Second Read
• Reread the narrative poem to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
5. Craft and Structure: What metaphors does the poet use in lines 1 and 2? What kind of mood do they help create?
6. Craft and Structure: The second stanza gives a detailed description of the highwayman’s clothes. Does this description fit with the idea of the highwayman as a gentleman outlaw? Use examples to support your opinion.
7. Key Ideas and Details: Write a brief summary of Part One of the poem.
my Notes
8. Key Ideas and Details: Did the soldiers just happen to come to the inn, or did they somehow have information about the highwayman’s movements? Support your answer with examples from the text.
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