In the poem The Highwayman Alfred Noyes uses imagery and repetition to create suspense in his poem. In the story the author wrote “ riding-/Riding-riding-”, this creates suspense in the reader’s mind. This creates suspense, because it creates questions in the reader’s mind, it also draws out the amount of time it takes for the reader to get more details about the poem creating suspense. In the story Noyse also writes, “marching-/ Marching-marching-”, this is creating suspense in the reader’s mind. This creates suspense, because it emphasizes the soldiers marching in this makes the reader think they play an important part in the poem this also creates suspense, because now the reader must wait and see what role they play. Noyes also writes,
