The Leap of Roushan Beg
Pursued by Reyhan and his hundred men, the bandit chief Roushan Beg reaches a mountain path ending at a thirty-foot ravine. He caresses his beloved horse Kyrat and urges him to leap; Kyrat carries him safely across, and Roushan gallops away. Watching from below, Reyhan exclaims at the robber's bravery.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Narrative Poetry, Ballad · 759 words
First lines
Mounted on Kyrat strong and fleet, / His chestnut steed with four white feet, / Roushan Beg, called Kurroglou, / Son of the road and bandit chief, / Seeking refuge and relief, / Up the mountain pathway flew.
Such was Kyrat's wondrous speed, / Never yet could any steed / Reach the dust-cloud in his course. / More than maiden, more than wife, / More than gold and next to life / Roushan the Robber loved his horse.
Genres
- Narrative Poetry — Fourteen rhymed stanzas recount Roushan's flight, his appeal to Kyrat, the horse's leap, and Reyhan's reaction.
- Ballad — Regular six-line stanzas and direct speech carry a compact tale of pursuit and a daring escape on horseback.
Tags
bandits · horses · pursuit · mountain ravines · escape
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Narrative Poetry, Ballad
- Length: 759 words
- Structure: 1 section, 14 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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