The Horses - Ted Hughes line analysis

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The Horses – Ted Hughes

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I climbed through woods in the hour before dawn – dark

Evil air, a frost making stillness.

These lines describe the setting of early before sun-rise when atmosphere is chilly, bringing out the stillness. These lines also show how the poet passed through the woods with difficulty in spite of the dark chilly atmosphere and the stillness that is seen .Initially the poet seems to be having a difficult time passing through woods. These lines also tell that the poetic persona has a challenging and difficult time ahead.

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Not a leaf , now a bird

A world cast in frost , I came out above the wood.

The atmosphere of stillness , evil air is magnified in these lines even further. The writer wants to show the readers the that he is passing by when everything is quite , he’s the only one on the move. These lines show that he has struggled and finally passed through the challenge ahead him. The enormity of his difficulty is emphasized here in these lines.

When my breathe left torturous statues in the iron light

But the valleys ...

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