Formalist Analysis 
The poem The San Simeon Zebras is one of those poems written in English that lacks rhymes and rhythm completely. Prose in nature, it is referred to as a poem because of the richness of the terms, the short sentences, and the size of the entire poem (being too short for a prose paragraph). With an obscure sense and main point, Zebras is an interesting poem with its unique style and tone.
Like many, they are out of place. The author changes the wording of this sentence to add charm to it. In lieu of simply telling that zebras are running around where they should not, the author chose to swap the sentence. The first clause of the sentence makes an unusual emphasis on many. Thus, the writer attempts to point out that many are out of place, and zebras in fact are secondary in this verse. In addition, however, zebras are stolen and content. By this addition the author means to say zebras are happy about their being “out of place.” But again, the author does not use regular expressions. Rather the author turns to recherche wording to apply a certain mysterious tone to the poem. 
So wild in expressing their timidity, they are wholly hidden. Here the author is playing on words. The contrasting terms are wild and timidity. While these animals are naturally timid and gracious, the author points to their dual nature and states that they are at the same time wild. The only way they can express themselves is the wild way, because they are wild animals, and at the same time they are gracious and timid. In addition, the zebras are wholly hidden because of their attempt to express their timidity. Again the writer uses metaphor to express the ideas. Instead of formulating this same idea with more a traditional wording, the author turns to this recherche style. 
Their hides are more dizzying than their presence. Here the author circuitously addresses the idea of their wild skips. The author adds value to the verb hide by the word dizzying. By this combination the writer means that they hide so fast that they cause dizziness. However, their presence causes dizziness too, only a smaller one. And so, when they hide they are physically present because they have not hidden yet. Thus, by their hides the author means that they had already hidden, which in turn means that their absence is more dizzy. Therefore, as compared to their absence, their presence is less dizzy, which means that their presence is more calming than their absence. And this fact in turn again points to their timidity, calmness, and grace. Nonetheless, this line is somewhat ambiguous, because it is not completely clear whether they are there or not. 
Dark and lightness, confused as to the meaning of their being here, as they are. This is a continuation of the previous verse. Here the author compares their presence and their absence with light and dark. Although it is not quite clear which part corresponds to what, hopefully light stands for their presence, and dark for their absence. Also the writer tells the readers about his confusion, which is probably the first thought presented in its own words without metaphor. 
What an invitation! This wire slatted hillside. The writer admires the nature of the countryside, and expresses this admiration of the region’s hospitality and invitation. Through these words, the author circuitously states that he or she was not the one who decided to visit the hill, but that the nature and the zebras themselves called and invited the author. The author refers to this wire slatted hillside as to a being that invited him/her to enjoy the zebras hiding. 
Largely overwhelming as the masses of outcast, homeless people. The author identifies the zebras with homeless people, pointing to the zebras’ homeless nature. They are wild animals and thus they cannot have a home, and the author points this fact out. The only home of these zebras is freedom.
Lost so completely everyone is, in passing, interested. The culmination of the poem is even more intricate than the rest. Again the author plays on grammar and wording; the secondary part of the sentence is put in the middle, which creates this intricacy and charm. Also, the writer notes the looks of the animals, namely their being interested. The writer, however, fails to indicate what interest he/she saw in their eyes are they passed. 
In addition to everything mentioned above, the author does not follow elementary grammar rules. Many a time the writer uses fragments instead of full sentences. Pronouns are frequently used instead of actual nouns. And also the author many times puts the dependent clause of the complex sentences before the main clause. Also, the independent sentences are most of the time unexpectedly short, which is also somewhat confusing.