Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman'
I can analyse and understand the events in stanzas five and six of ‘The Highwayman’.
Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman'
I can analyse and understand the events in stanzas five and six of ‘The Highwayman’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Alred Noyes uses figurative language to provide imagery and describe events in stanzas five and six.
- Texts written a long time ago may contain unfamiliar vocabulary.
- Understanding the author's vocabulary choices is essential to understanding the text fully.
- Analysing a text enables readers to understand the events, characters and their actions in greater depth.
Keywords
Narrative poem - a poem that tells a story
Build-up - introduces the storyline for some main characters and begins to set up a problem or situation that will build in tension
Stanza - a part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together
Analyse - to study something in detail to understand its meaning
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to understand the vocabulary, particularly in stanza six.
Give explicit definitions for any unfamiliar language, using visuals to support the explanations, to help pupils' understanding.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
comparing two things by saying that one thing is another
when a word sounds like the sound it is describing
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a poem that tells a story
introduces the storyline for some main characters and builds tension
a part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together
to study something in detail to understand its meaning
the setting
the Highwayman
Bess
Tim
the Highwayman speaking to Bess
the Highwayman leaving
beautiful
you
no matter what happens
window
a hot iron or poker
a waterfall
barely