The Rain Horse

by

Ted Hughes

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The Black Horse

The black horse symbolizes nature’s power. When it first appears, the young man has just realized that after 12 years away from the rural area where he grew up, the natural environment that brought him…

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The Suit

The young man’s suit symbolizes the idea that nature controls people more than people control nature. The man’s new gray suit is a marker of civilization, in that it’s associated with city life and…

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