Alfred Noyes Analysis

Alfred Noyes Analysis

Alfred Noyes was a poet in the 20th century. In this paper we will be looking at Alfred Noyes' life and examining one of his greatest poems "The Highwayman". Alfred Noyes was born in Wolverhampton on September 16,1880. He began writing at a vey young age and at 14 wrote his first epic poem. He was educated at Exter College in Oxford, but did not finish as he was focused on releasing his first volume of poems, "The Loom of the Years" in 1902. In 1907 he married the American Garnett Daniels and moved to America in 1913. He stayed there until 1923. He converted to Catholicism in 1925 and a year later Garnett Daniels died. He then married Mary Angela Mayne Weld–Blundell and moved to Lisle Combe, St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight in 1929. Alfred returned to Britain 20 years later, however. In 1953 he published his autobiography, Two Worlds for Memory and passed away 5 years later at the age of 77. Alfred Noyes was very popular in the United States; he visited 15 times and lectured in more than 1,000 American cities and towns. Though he never graduated college, he was made a professor of Modern English Literature at Princeton in 1914. For his service as a writer in World War I he was bestowed the honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918. Alfred Noyes had very loyal readers and fans. He "captured the popular ear.". He wrote what the common public wanted to hear, which was singsong stories that were exciting and easy to read. His fellow poets however, believed

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