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.
Hyperbole - 'Fast rode the knight' ( gives the reader the feeling that the knight is on a mission and is very brave )
Personification - 'Eager sword' ( Gives the sword human traits to kill and save the lady )
Metaphor -
Simile - 'Like riot of silver lights' ( the swords gleamed )
Symbolism - 'horse' ( sacrifices were made )
I like this poem a lot because of the immerse emotions it gives me. The poem gives me the feeling that the knight was a very brave hero and fought his way to the castle. I felt the descriptions were very exciting. The knight leaped from saddle to war shows a really great change of the knight's attitude. This makes the reader really excited about the ending. With the horse dead, it shows that in order to save the lady, the knight couldn't hold on to his horse and let him dead as he fought his way to the lady.
