Compare and contrast the poems The Lady of Shalott and The Highway Man.

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Compare and contrast the poems "The Lady of Shalott" and "The Highway Man".

In this essay, I'm going to compare and contrast the two poems "The Lady of Shalott" and "The Highway Man". I will be looking at their points of similarity and difference.

"The Lady of Shalott"

"The Lady of Shalott" is set in the fairy land of Shalott. She is a prisoner in an isolated castle with four grey towers and four grey walls. There is a river which flows down to Camelott. The castle in which she's imprisoned is on an island in the middle of the river. She is like a "fairy" - not seen by anybody. She has a curse placed on her. She can only look at the world in reflection. She looks into a mirror and weaves a tapestry of the world outside. She sees the "highway near winding down to Camelott", the red cloaks of market girls", "a curly Shepherd lad", a "long-haired page in crimson clad" and "the knights come riding two and two."

Then she sees "Sir Lancelot", a handsome, wealthy noble knight, ride "between the barley sheaves". "He flashed into the crystal