Fast rode the knight - A poem by Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane - Fast rode the knight

Fast rode the knight
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.

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Poet: Stephen Crane (Stephen Crane Art) Poem: 8. Fast rode the knight Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1899 Poem of the Day: Oct 21 2003 Comment 18 of 18, added on February 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 PM. yeah i love excaliber and castles and stuff this poem is cool i guess and when stephen wrote this i was like dude your high dont publish that and he was like i have to irs funny so yee Rueben from United States Comment 17 of 18, added on January 5th, 2009 at 11:02 PM. Love this poem, it depicts the truth in the Arthurian battles. We always see the noble knight but... what happened to his sturdy steed? Not all losses in battle are human losses and not all heroes are human heroes. The Horse is the forgotten stone we step on to reach the castle tower. Perhaps, thinking of this in todays terms, we could say that the horse is also a person- an individual considered to be of lesser value than the knight. Some of the previous comments have been absolutely immature. If you don't understand the poem read the credible comments and THINK about it. Fiona from Canada Comment 16 of 18, added on October 24th, 2008 at 6:06 PM. Thank you Furious. This poem is really deep and, if you read it with any intelligence, you will see that it is not supporting war, that the horse is not "on its period" and that it does have a deeper, more significant reading. All of you who are making stupid joking comments are disrespecting people who die in war and Stephen Crane. If you actually think what you're saying is true...all I can say is please, learn, think. Joe from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Fast rode the knight, has received 18 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Stephen Crane with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Stephen Crane Poem: 8. Fast rode the knight Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1899 Last read: Dec 3 2009, 12:33AM Poem of the Day: Oct 21 2003 Viewed 116713 times. Added on October 24th, 2008 at 6:06 PM.

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