Dan Wasn’t Thrown from His Horse
Dan Wasn’t Thrown from His Horse - meaning Summary
Truth Versus Gossip
The speaker rejects a rumor about Dan’s death and gives a plain, local account: Dan rode a dangerous horse with a telltale spot and malicious eyes; during a gallop the animal reared, struck Dan in the face, and he died within minutes. The narrator, who once taught Dan to ride, insists the common story that Dan was thrown or run over is false. The voice is colloquial and matter-of-fact.
Read Complete AnalysesThey say he was thrown and run over, But that is sheer nonsense, of course: I taught him to ride when a kiddy, And Dan wasn’t thrown from his horse. The horse that Dan rode was a devil The kind of a brute I despise, With nasty white eyelashes fringing A pair of red, sinister eyes. And a queerly-shaped spot on his forehead, Where I put a conical ball The day that he murdered Dan Denver, The pluckiest rider of all. ’Twas after the races were over And Duggan (a Talbragar man) And two of the Denvers, and Barney Were trying a gallop with Dan. Dan’s horse on a sudden got vicious, And reared up an’ plunged in the race, Then threw back his head, hitting Dan like A sledge-hammer, full in the face. Dan stopped and got down, stood a moment, Then fell to the ground like a stone, And died about ten minutes after; But they’re liars who say he was thrown.
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