What was the name of the poem about the girl at the tavern and some thief/murder comes by and he has to leave for a few days and when he comes back the girl is getting taken and she kills her self so he will know that gun men are there and he should go but he didn't go and h got killed. ( rough memory)

What was the name of the poem about the girl at the tavern and some thief/murder comes by and he has to leave for a few days and when he comes back the girl is getting taken and she kills her self so he will know that gun men are there and he should go but he didnt go and h got killed. ( rough memory)


That's the plot of The Highwayman - but it's written by Nose, not Poe.

That's the plot of The Highwayman - but it's written by Nose, not Poe.

Thanks I thought it was poe but thanks

Alfred Noyes was the poet.

Alfred Noyes was the poet.



Perhaps I should have taken a seat closer to the front of the class.

Perhaps I should have taken a seat closer to the front of the class.
I remember that cool guy with the red hair was flirting with you when we discussed this poem. He was trying to be your personal highwayman, I think, and sweep you away to his hideout.