Brainiest and 10 points! read the following excerpt from alfred noyes’s narrative poem "the highwayman." which three literary elements do these stanzas contain? the wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. the moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. the road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, and the highwayman came riding— riding—riding— the highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. he’d a french cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin, a coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin. they fitted with never a wrinkle. his boots were up to the thigh. and he rode with a jewelled twinkle, his pistol butts a-twinkle, his rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky. over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard. he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred. he whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there but the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, bess, the landlord’s daughter, plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair. characters plot theme setting flashback