Online lessons- poems - Fast rode the knight by Stephen Crane

Fast rode the knight by Stephen Crane

Fast rode the knight
With spurs, hot and reeking,
Ever waving an eager sword,
"To save my lady!"
Fast rode the knIght,
And leaped from saddle to war.
Men of steel flickered and gleamed
Like riot of silver lights,
And the gold of the knight's good banner
Still waved on a castle wall.
. . . . .
A horse,
Blowing, staggering, bloody thing,
Forgotten at foot of castle wall.
A horse
Dead at foot of castle wall.

The fugarative language use in this poem are:

Hyperbole:"To save my lady!" And leaped from saddle to war.

Personification:Fast rode the knight

With spurs, hot and reeking,
Ever waving an eager sword

Metaphor: Men of steel flickered and gleamed Blowing, staggering, bloody thing,

Simile: Like riot of silver lights,

Sybolism: The horse and knight uses symbolism.

I like this poem because it shows that the knight went through alot to save his lady, but when he saved her, he forgotten about his horse and it dies at the foot of the castle wall. The author wants to show how eager the knight is eager to save the princess by using hyperbole and personification. He uses metaphors to describe more about the knights and horses. I like this poem because it vividly describes what was the cause of the horse's death.