The Highway Man- What type of figurative language is this (no metaphor)? road was a gypsy’s ribbon

SYMBOLISM

SIMILE

ALLITERATION

ONOMATOPOEIA

Explanation:

Symbolism:

Every time Alfred Noyes mentions RED...(coat of claret velvet, landlord's red-lipped daughter, red coat troop came marching)

Simile:

Dum* as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber sayBack, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky

Alliteration:

Over the Cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard,He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there

Onomatopoeia:

He whistled a tune to the windowAnd he tapped with his w**p on the shuttersTLOT-TLOT in the frosty silence, ... TLOT-TLOT in the echoing night!