The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes and Lord Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott

The burglar by Alfred Noyes and Lord Tennysons The Lady of ShalottIn this essay, I intend to examine the storylines, themes and languageof The Highwayman and The Lady of Shalott and wherefore explain why Ithink that one of the poesys is more unchewable than the other one.The Highwayman is a love story full of squelch and adventure. The hit man is the rakish highwayman of the title who dies for the love ofhis mistress the darkly beautiful innkeepers daughter, Bess.The Lady of Shalott is a mysterious poem set in the mythical time oflegend Camelot. It is also a tragic love story in which the Lady ofShalott, who is cursed to lenify in her tower and not look turn up of thewindow, dies for her love because she looks out of the window at SirLancelot.The highwayman himself is a romantic hero of the eighteenth century. He isvery well dressed, with a French cocked-hat on his brow andlace at his chin. His breeches of brown doe-skin fit with never awrinkle. He is a thief the highwayma n tells Bess that he will be patronize with the yellow gold. In addition, he is very daring. He couldbe caught but still steals things and comes to visit Bess. This showsthat he is passionate about Bess. He loves Bess and promises her thathe will be back though Hell should bar the way.Sir Lancelot is also a hero and a very brave and religious man as heis a redcross knight. He is also cheerful because as he was ridingby the river he was singing Tirra Lirra. The writer does not recognize how Sir Lancelot looks in great detail except that he hascoal-black curls and a broad clear brow. Sir Lancelot is a typicalromantic, Victorian hero.Bess, the landlords daughter, has wide black hair and ... ...d.After examining both of the poems, I prefer The Highwayman to TheLady of Shalott.Firstly, the main reason is because The Highwayman is much more striking and the storyline is much easier to follow than that of TheLady of Shallot.Secondly, I same(p) Noyes use of language. He has used lots of similes,alliterative phrases, personification and examples of onomatopoeia to knead the ballad to life and give the reader a vivid go out of what ishappening all the way through the poem. Although The Lady of Shalotthas many animal(a) images, much of the description of the surroundingsis left out which makes it harder to get a clear picture of what isgoing on.Finally, I think that The Highwayman is a more powerful poem becausethe pace is quicker than that of The Lady of Shalott, which has amuch slower and gentler, less dramatic pace.