In "To His Horse," the narrator addresses the horse directly, begging it to soothe him now by coming "scouring o'er the plain." He longs for his horse to carry him away from the "unhappy doom" he is feeling. The speaker also displays a great respect for his horse that is characteristic of odes. The poem's has a nostalgic tone, we can see this because the narrator longs for this moment with his horse so he may be whisked away
