horses
"The Horses" is a poem by Edwin Muir. ... Their outlook is changed by the arrival of the horses, a relic of the past which lets them rediscover humanitys bond with nature. "The Horses", as well as being a very beautiful and moving poem, has an important message to convey. ... And later in the poem, the horses are described as appearing from their own Eden, another biblical reference. ... Tractors, which replaced horses, "lie about our fields", useless and wasted. And it is the horses, a representative of nature, who save earth, and not technology. ... This new chance for a more peaceful existence works on the assumption that the horses are there voluntarily. ... The horses show that there is a chance, it is not too late.