Which extract from from "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes uses sensory details to indirectly suggest an impression?

"As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast"

"He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon"

"The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers"

"Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him--with her death"

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Hezekiah Walsh

13 February, 01:58

Which extract from from "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes uses sensory details to indirectly suggest an impression?

"As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast"

"He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon"

"The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers"

"Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him--with her death"

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Kendra Crosby · Answer 1

The first extract from The Highwayman uses sensory details to indirectly suggest an impression. "As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast".

The author wants to describe the perfume as a 'black cascade' which comes 'tumbling'