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His bright shining armour has the brightness of a gibibytesplintered suns, dazzling any who would cross him in glorious battle.The soles of his feet glitter, evoking a effect that every trivialdetail of his armour blazes, even the soles of his feet, which wouldnot commonly see much light at all because they face down towards theearth. The knights outbound appearance illustrates the mask that allof us plant on in front of other pile, whether to please or manipulateothers. However, towards the end of the first paragraph, we boodle tosee that things are not all they seem, that not all that glitters isgold. Because under his crackling banner he rides like a ship in voyage gives the sense that although his task is underway, hiscrackling banner symbolises that the knights image is starting togive way to what he is truly b... ...the same peers. Rich evokesthe feeling that not everyone is willing to give up their nonsensical imageand that they hide behind their mask to be praised by society. Only aselect a couple of(prenominal) go against the false mask and live a true life free fromli es and being a crowd-pleaser, but at the same time being shunned bytheir peers.In the end, the knight may go either way, living a false life and adying a false demolition or he could live a false life but atone himselfby revealing his true self in death. Without his armour to screenhim, his true form would be exposed to the human being and he could stopliving a lie. Inevitably however it is out of his hands, he cannotchoose whether or not to shatter his own armour in an intensebattlefield. However, the knights true form might be known, and hemight govern that one measure of peace that all people seek, in death,at last. In The Essay -- English LiteratureIn TheIn The Knight, the knight is an epitome of human society, yet hisappearance doe not portray his true self. Do you agree?In Adrienne Richs poem The Knight, the reader is given a brief yetprofound insight into the deceiving nature of humans how we give acalm, collected front full of light and purity, yet beneat h thesurface we are in truth dark and inevitably mortal. The Knightportrays what every man, woman and child must inevitably decide on toexpose their true face or to hide behind a false mask to pleaseothers.The initial line A knight rides into the noon evokes a sense thatthe knight, a chivalrous and pure being, is riding gallantly into thenoon, where the suns brightness is at its apex. When the knightshelmet points to the sun, it further reinforces the first line byexemplifying the light that exists on the knights outer coat ofarmour. His bright shining armour has the brightness of a thousandsplintered suns, dazzling any who would cross him in glorious battle.The soles of his feet glitter, evoking a feeling that every littledetail of his armour blazes, even the soles of his feet, which wouldnot normally see much light at all because they face down towards theearth. The knights outward appearance illustrates the mask that allof us put on in front of other people, whether to please or manipulateothers. However, towards the end of the first paragraph, we start tosee that things are not all they seem, that not all that glitters isgold. Because under his crackling banner he rides like a ship insail gives the sense that although his task is underway, hiscrackling banner symbolises that the knights image is starting togive way to what he is truly b... ...the same peers. Rich evokesthe feeling that not everyone is willing to give up their false imageand that they hide behind their mask to be praised by society. Only aselect few go against the false mask and live a true life free fromlies and being a crowd-pleaser, but at the same time being shunned bytheir peers.In the end, the knight may go either way, living a false life and adying a false death or he could live a false life but atone himselfby revealing his true self in death. Without his armour to concealhim, his true form would be exposed to the world and he could stopliving a lie. Inevitably however it is out of his hands, he cannotchoose whether or not to shatter his own armour in an intensebattlefield. However, the knights true form might be known, and hemight find that one measure of peace that all people seek, in death,at last.