Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RIDER VICTORY, by EDWIN MUIR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rider victory reins his horse Last Line: Uprear their motionless statuary. Subject(s): Horseback Riding; War | ||||||||
The rider Victory reins his horse Midway across the empty bridge As if head-tall he had met a wall. Yet there was nothing there at all, No bodiless barrier, ghostly ridge To check the charger in his course So suddenly, you'd think he'd fall. Suspended, horse and rider stare Leaping on air and legendary. In front the waiting kingdom lies, The bridge and all the roads are free; But halted in implacable air Rider and horse with stony eyes Uprear their motionless statuary. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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