Talk:The Ballad of the White Horse

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March 30, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 7, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
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Essentially complete APAULCH 01:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still under construction...

APAULCH 21:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review[edit]

Well, I gave this whole article a peer review, as requested. But it seems the original editor who requested it hasn't checked in since then. If anyone is interested in improving this article, please consider my review, Wikipedia:Peer review/The Ballad of the White Horse/archive2. --Midnightdreary 12:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although I fully intend to put the reccomendations into effect and finish the article, I will probably not have the time to do it until Christmas break. If anyone wants to help improve it your help will be greatly appreciated. APAULCH 17:02, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure where to put this discussion comment; please excuse me if I'm placing it in the wrong section. --In the text, the paragraph "Dedication" ends with the passage, ". . . and closes with verse that seems meant for her personally." That seems to be marked "dubious -- discuss." I'm not sure why the passage would be marked dubious. Since the poem is dedicated "To my wife" (see p. 14 of the Internet Archive version linked at the bottom of the article), followed immediately by the part of the work labeled "Dedication," it seems clear that the dedication is addressed to Chesterton's wife. The last part of the Dedication (IA pages 20-22) certainly seems to be addressing someone directly, and the content fits with the notion that Mrs. Chesterton is the one addressed. (Rick Ellrod, 10/8/2020) — Preceding unsigned comment added by REllrod (talk • contribs) 01:06, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

this section has no intent[edit]

out of the mouth of the mother of god
like a little bird come i
for i go gathering christian men
from sunken pavement field and fen
to die in battle, god knows when
by god, but i know why.

I used the same chosen text that was in the main reference. I don't want to put my personal bias into what parts of the poem are important and what are not, so I used the reference as a model. APAULCH (talk) 21:35, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tolkien[edit]

Pursuing that connection would be of interest.
The Scouring of the Horse v. The Scouring of the Shire, and so on.
Varlaam (talk) 23:00, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The connection appears to be the use of the word "scouring" ... I wouldn't read too much into it if I were you. 62.196.17.197 (talk) 10:29, 17 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

POV check[edit]

This article may need to be neutrality checked with respect to a Catholic POV — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8804:1980:1069:CEB:C7A:7C34:1154 (talk) 05:57, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]