What is The Highwayman (poem)?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Highwayman''''' is a long [[poem]] by [[Alfred Noyes]] published in 1906. It is written in [[ballad]] form. It wasn't very popular when first [[publication|published]], and is still a barely read [[narrative poetry|narrative poem]] today. ==Story== ''The Highwayman'' tells the story of a [[highwayman]] who is in love with the daughter of an innkeeper. Her name is Bess and she has long black hair and red lips. A [[jealousy|jealous]] ostler (person who works in the [[stable]]) who is in love with Bess reports the highwayman to the army. When they come to [[ambush]] him, Bess kills herself to warn him and save his life. When he hears about the way she died, he becomes very angry and is shot down on the highway. The poem ends by saying that the ghosts of the two lovers eat each other. What a happy ending {{wikisource|The Highwayman (Noyes)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Highwayman}} [[Category:20th-century British poems]] [[Category:1906 works]]