My favourite poem
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.
Q1) The figurative languages used are mainly personification but there is also a little mention of simile.
The sword was personified and described as eager to save the knight’s lady and being eager is one of the human’s emotions. There was also mention about the banner on the castle wall was waving. Waving is an action only humans can do, thus the banner on the castle wall was also personified in the poem.
I think that the poet personified the sword as the knight is going to save a lady, thus his weapon is important to him, and so personifying the sword is just the right thing.
There was also simile used in the poem as in the poem, the poet compared the knights when they are battling to riots of silver light. I think that the poet compared the knights to the riots of silver light as when the knights fight against each other, their swords create sparks when they clash against each other, and thus the poet chose to compare the two of them.
Q2) I like this poem as the poem is easy to understand as the figurative language used is not too difficult and I can easily understand what the poem is writing about. The poem also used personification and to personify the sword, making it looks real and simile was also used in the poem to compare the knights fighting with the riots of silver light. Personally, I think that this poem is a romantic poem between the brave knight and the lady whom he is trying to save. Although there are many difficulties along the way, he still did not give up. However, I find it sad when the horse died when the knight was trying to save the lady.
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.
Q1) The figurative languages used are mainly personification but there is also a little mention of simile.
The sword was personified and described as eager to save the knight’s lady and being eager is one of the human’s emotions. There was also mention about the banner on the castle wall was waving. Waving is an action only humans can do, thus the banner on the castle wall was also personified in the poem.
I think that the poet personified the sword as the knight is going to save a lady, thus his weapon is important to him, and so personifying the sword is just the right thing.
There was also simile used in the poem as in the poem, the poet compared the knights when they are battling to riots of silver light. I think that the poet compared the knights to the riots of silver light as when the knights fight against each other, their swords create sparks when they clash against each other, and thus the poet chose to compare the two of them.
Q2) I like this poem as the poem is easy to understand as the figurative language used is not too difficult and I can easily understand what the poem is writing about. The poem also used personification and to personify the sword, making it looks real and simile was also used in the poem to compare the knights fighting with the riots of silver light. Personally, I think that this poem is a romantic poem between the brave knight and the lady whom he is trying to save. Although there are many difficulties along the way, he still did not give up. However, I find it sad when the horse died when the knight was trying to save the lady.
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