William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 50" ,on first read, is the story of a man on a sad journey, leaving a loved one and riding a horse that seems more reluctant to go than he does. Upon second evaluation one must ask, why would it pain the horse to leave? The answer is that the horse represents the writers heart. The trudging journey in the sonnet is a metaphor for the speakers grief and pain of parting with someone he loves. In stanzas 1-4, the speaker's problem is brought to light. For some unknown reason, the speaker cannot be with his friend any longer and must move on. He says that his journey's end will be when he can say to himself with no pain, "Thus far the miles are measur'd from thy friend!" If he can reach that point, his grief will truly be over. The beast that he rides, which would most likely be a horse, is introduced in stanzas 5-8. The horse "plods" along slowly as if, "by some instinct" it knows that the speaker doesn't really want to leave. The speaker "lov'd not speed, being made from thee." "Thee" refers to the person the speaker is parting with. The horse is, in a sense, the speaker's heart, reluctant to keep moving, although it must bear his grief. The speaker, in stanzas 9-12, frequently gets frustrated and tries to force himself on, as shown by the "bloody spur" which indicates repeated use. The groan that the beast makes from the spurring is "more sharp to me[the speaker] than spurring to his[the beast's] side". The more the speaker tries to force himself along, the worse his pain. Knowing this, in stanzas 13-14, the speaker says, "My grief lies onward, and my joy behind." He is leaving what makes him happy, therefore, he will be sad.
Robert also has a special relationship with horses. When he is on the ship, it is the horses that are "his tr...
In the fourth stanza, line one to three the female has an upper hand in this relationship. In line four to seven the male feels uplifted by the deeds of the female and chooses to change himself for the
In the text it says,” So that no way in the world can you get rid of that nasty hard thing; it is very bad! Yes, Very bad! At least I thought so.” This evidence shows us that the author uses first person point of view to show that the horse does have feelings about things his owner does to him. Another piece of evidence is, “ I certainly did feel queer; but I must say I felt rather proud to carry my I felt rather proud to carry my master, and as he continued to ride me a little every day I soon became accustomed to it.” this evidence shows us that the horse still has feelings and different emotions towards different things that are happening with them or around
“The Knight went with them; / giving no thought to his horse / who was feeding before him on the meadow” ( 77-79).
The Horse is represented in full profile as to show off it’s perfect proportions; it is forcefully modeled so as to give its perfect anatomy and it moves with regulated step of the riding school so as to give demonstration of perfect rhythm. The fact that a beautiful setter is running by the side of the horse completes the picture of the Christian man as known to the Late Middle Ages – the man who armed with faith and accompanied by religious zeal, symbolized by the faithful hound goes on his way along the narrow path of earthly life menaced by Death and the Devil.
The horse stands as a symbol of the pain and agony moral corruption can do to not only one’s soul, as well as, their outward appearance. “A miserable horse, whose ribs were as articulate as the bars of a gridiron…scarcely covering the ragged beds of pudding stone, tantalized and balked his hunger…” (2). The horse, owned by Tom and his wife, is being tortured by his strong desire for food and his hunger is taunting him. It is almost as though his caretaker’s greed and corruption is affecting the horse the more and more they make mistakes. The only time Tom’s horse is spoken of is in the beginning of the story and the end.
...eness is with the odd standing stance and they’re even more so hesitant to move even under great persuasion, the expression on the face shows apparent great pain and if the horse happens to be lying on the ground there will be great trouble in getting the animal back onto its feet.
In the first stanza of the poem the speaker describes the fearful dream she had. Bogan introduces the symbol of a mighty horse that embodies the fear and retribution carried from the speaker's childhood, fear and retribution that have been "kept for thirty-five years" (3). Bogan effectively uses metaphorical language as she describes the fear personified inthe horse as it "poured through his mane" (3) and the retribution as it "breathed through his nose" (4). The source of her fear is unclear, but it may be that the horse is a symbol of life that can be both beautiful and terrifying. The imagery created when the speaker tells us, "the terrible horse began / To paw at the air, and make for me with his blows" (1-2) describes a sense of entrapment as life corners her and spews forth repressed fear and retribution, emotions that must be faced.
The father; Mr. Strang, rejects his son Alan because of the bond Alan has with the horse he refers to with the Latin word Equus. Alan’s bond with the horse portrays the power and grace one finds in religion, in which the father disagrees with. Mr. Strang explains to the doctor how Alan and his mother chant, “And Legwus begat Neckwus. And Neckwus begat Fleckwus, the king of Spit. And Fleckwus spoke out of his chinkle-chankle!” at the foot of his son’s bed, in front of the horse photograph he owns (Schaffer 46). This compares to a sinner who chants in front of a cross, or some religious symbol for forgiveness, or just out of traditional practices. The father believes this is absurd, and disagrees with his son’s religious behavior. Schaffer relies on ...
Contrary to my achievements, my first tryst with horse riding wasn’t smooth sailing. Distinct images of the first day at the stable flash before my eyes every time I reflect upon my humble beginning. I was helped on to the horse by my trainer and instructed to take the reins in my hands when suddenly the horse spooked and charged towards the fence. I fell off and lay still; the
five. Then the. Some of his poems, including ‘Horses’, have a close equivalent. in passages from his autobiography, suggesting that seeing these. horses reminded him of certain events.
The second verse tells us about the many attempts the mentor has made to rejuvenate the teens life, ?Lay down a list of what is wrong/The things you've told him all along.? The last two lines in the second verse are repeated ?and pray to God he hears you/and pray to God he hears you? which is emphasizes the angst of the mentor because of the numerous times he has tried to save the teen.
The third stanza is a second and different refrain. This refrain occurs in every other stanza. It acts as a divider between the stanzas dealing with a specific character. In the fourth stanza, Father McKenzie is introduced to the reader. He is described as a materialistic man whose life has no meaning.
"Idea: Sonnet 61" by Michael Drayton is a fourteen line Petrarchan sonnet that dramatizes the conflicting emotions that arise from an intimate relationship coming to an abrupt end. After analyzing and doing several closer readings, I learned that "Idea: Sonnet 61" is actually about the poet’s own conflicting emotions and feelings from a harsh break up. However, it was no ordinary and flippant relationship. It was a serious relationship that involved great amounts of passion that came to a sudden abrupt end. It was a relationship that had a great amount of importance to the poet, whether he is talking about his first wife or even his first love. I believe I confidently can determine and come to the conclusion that this poem is about the poet’s love of his life and his contradicting feelings he is having during and after their separation.
In the last line of the second stanza, the subject enters dramatically, accompanied by an abrupt change in the rhythm of the poem: