19. Spurred echo horses clattering up the rough, etc.
Explain “hoofbeats of ghostly steeds,” “muffled hoofs,” “echo horses.”
21. The lagging air droned like the drowsy word
Why “drowsy” word? The transfer of an epithet is called a “trope,” from a Greek word meaning to turn.
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1. Lean galloper in a wind of splendid deeds,
Note the vivid imagery and the effect of the broken meter.
4. The horse stopped short—then Jamie was aware, etc.
What gives the effect of loneliness in these lines?
Note the effect of vast stretches of space in the use of the names of heavenly bodies to denote the points of the compass. A sense of the infinity of space arises often in the reader of this poem.