The Horse Show at Midnight (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Taylor
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Dramatic monologue
- Genres: Poetry, Dramatic monologue
The Poem
“The Horse Show at Midnight,” by Henry Taylor, is part dream, part fantasy, and part wish fulfillment. This 104-line poem relates the same story from two different points of view; part 1 relates the story from the perspective of the horse rider, and part 2 is told from the horse’s point of view. From the opening lines to the eerie conclusion there is an air of the otherworldly, of a time and place not fixed nor even fixable. This is fable and fairy tale narrated by the id.
Set in a horse-show ring at the mystical hour of midnight, a rider summons sleeping...
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