"The Horses" is a poem by Edwin Muir. It tells the story of a world ravaged by nuclear war‚ where the few survivors live hopelessly in a desolate reality. Their outlook is changed by the arrival of the horses‚ a relic of the past which lets them rediscover humanity’s bond with nature. "The Horses"‚ as well as being a very beautiful and moving poem‚ has an important message to convey. The poet uses various methods to illustrate this. Throughout the poem‚ there are many biblical
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Muir Woods National Monument By Ty Feigel A Tree Lover ’s Monument The Muir Woods National Forest was named after John Muir. William and Elizabeth Kent had purchased the land to help preserve its beauty. When John Muir found out they were naming the redwood forest after him‚ he said “This is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world”. Later‚ in 1908‚ the Kent’s donated the forest to the federal government to further protect
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Andrew Carnegie and John Muir both grew up in Scotland and soon after moved to the United States to seek a better life where resources were more plentiful. Carnegie and Muir both had a similarity for not only business‚ but invention as well. Carnegie and Muir both clearly had the ability to become successful businessmen and their inventions prompted both of their successes. Both of them always had ranging activities and were raring to learn new things. They both shared similar qualities and were
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Trip to Muir Woods Stephanie Johnson American InterContinental University- Online Outline 1. Introduction. A) Everyone has had a memorable trip. 2. First paragraph. B) My first trip to Muir Woods. 3. Second paragraph. C) Driving up to Muir Woods. 4. Third paragraph. D) My roommate’s driving habits. 5. Fourth paragraph. E) Walking into Muir Woods
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23/10/14 Edwin Muir Muir’s poetry often deals with ideas of displacement and disorder caused by man. Discuss Muir’s treatment of these themes in 3 or 4 of his poems. Across his poetry a variety of Edwin Muir’s work deals with the themes of displacement and disorder. This can be seen clearly in his war poetry‚ such as; The Wayside Station‚ The River‚ and The Refugees‚ from his 1943 collection The Narrow Place. These poems largely focus on the destruction of families and communities‚ and the
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Muir’s ’Horses’ is a poem of past memories only. The interesting part is that it deals with many conflicts and issues which are prevalent even today. It is thus a bridge between the past and present and is expressed in the form of a piece of literature. Muir himself said that in writing about horses in this poem‚ he was reflecting his childhood view of his father’s plough horses‚ which must have seemed huge‚ powerful and mysterious to a boy of four or five. Some of his poems‚ including ’Horses’‚ have a
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Muir uses diction to make the essay come alive and exert power on the words as well as the tone that makes us follow all his steps in this essay. Muir use of diction makes us imagine in our head the purity of the flower: "The flower was white and made the impression of the utmost simple purity like a snowflower." purity has a positive connotation when we read this word in his essay we think of something pure it something that is clean and free from anything that can contaminate and an even be something
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Horses – Edwin Muir Summary The poet one evening happens to see farm horses‚ those powerful shaggy animals working the plough and something jolts his memory and he recalls his earlier fear of these animals. As a child‚ Edwin Muir lived in the Orkney Islands where animals like Shetland ponies were used regularly as farm animals. As a child‚ the poet was overwhelmed by their powerful presence especially when seen through the gloaming light of a late afternoon. When the horses pulled the plough in
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MODEL ANSWER ON ‘THE HORSES’‚ by Edwin Muir ‘The Horses’‚ by Edwin Muir‚ is a poem which forced me to think about the unthinkable – the annihilation of humankind as a result of a nuclear war. Paradoxically‚ however‚ Muir seems to me to take an optimistic view of such an event. In my essay I intend to give a synopsis of the poem and discuss some of the techniques that Muir employs to get his message across. I will discuss his use of Biblical language and imagery‚ the structure of the poem‚ his
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conservation of natural resources and preservation of natural sites; however‚ in order to fully understand the formulation of this environment-oriented ideology today‚ it is beneficial to examine its origins in American environmental history. John Muir‚ Gifford Pinchot‚ and Aldo Leopold are generally regarded to be the founders of the American environmental movement that gave way several of the current debates and ideologies encompassing environmental issues. Instead of simply deploying
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