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'The Horses'- Edwin Muir 'The seven day war that put the world to sleep.' The opening creates an image of total devastation, wiping the whole state clean. This could be viewed as a chance to reflect on the past and use it as a learning experience to improve the future. In these first two lines the world is described as being 'asleep' there seems to be a sense of forgiveness in this choice of wording in that it is not a permanent arrangement such as death. Suggesting the world will be a better place when it reawakens, hence the destruction of the world symbolises the dawn of a new era where the world will wake up from this temporary slumber and become a better place. Floating constantly in the background of the poem, although never directly stated is the possibility that God is angry with man. This could be a contribution...

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