The Horses
By: Edwin Muir
Logan Lemin
Alliteration
First Few (5), Plane Plunged (11), Should Speak(17)
First Few
explains that the first few things that happen isnt the final result
Plane Plundged
Says that just because your life is down doesn't mean it has to hit rock bottom
Should speak
means that you should speak out if something isn't right
Imagery
Rusty Plows
Shows imagery because its representing time that has passed
Dead Bodies piled on the decks
because things come back after war
Tractors lie in the fields
symbolizes the horses being still
Personification
But that free servaitude still can pierce our hearts
it means that even the slaves who have broken free still can mean something to us
The old bad world swallowed its children
means that the world can be a bad place for its people
Nations lieing asleep
means the world is in peace
Theme
the theme is things come back after war.