"Horse" Essays and Research Papers

O Level Literature – “Horses” by Edwin Muir The titular creatures in “Horses”, despite being rather ordinary animals, are viewed by the poet as shocking, overwhelming, and somewhat divine. Every element of these horses is made to look awe-inspring and godlike, inciting both reverence and fear in the poet. The opening verse depicts the horses using words like “terrible, “wild”, and “strange”, as well as them being “Like magic power on the stony grange”. Already, we are given an idea of how the...

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Horses are amazingly beautiful and sensitive creatures. Horses require not only understanding and patience to have a horse as a pet, it also requires a whole lot of care. Herd Mentality: Observe horses in the herd system, each horse's welfare in the wild depends upon an instinctive submission to the discipline of the herd. The instinct is for immediate action. To the horse, action is survival. When horses live in an herd environment, they often take turns sleeping and standing guard for any predators...

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Topic: Care of horses Organizational Pattern: Topical Specific Purpose Statement: I want my audience to understand the basic care of horses. I. Attention-Getting Device: Speed, agility, 1200 lbs of pure muscle, long wavy locks, gentleness, a dream? I think not. Horses are one of the most majestic animals but are very time consuming and costly. II. Orientation Phase: A. Credibility: As an owner of a horse, I can fully understand the proper love and care a horse requires each and...

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The short story “The Rain Horse” by Ted Hughes is a story that leaves the reader questioning whether or not these events happened to “The Dude”. After twelve years he returns to the land where he grew up. But twelve years is a long time and no doubt the land has changed as well as him. Because he didn’t want to be viewed as a trespasser by the farmer he traveled the main road. As he’s walking through the mud and rain he spots a black horse. The horse runs strangely over the ridge and disappears....

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That was when the horse started to pee. Instead of continuing the four-hour journey up the mountain with my sister and I on its back, it abruptly stopped and took its own break. After it finished, it shook a little, and then continued trotting, the hoofs musically tapping upon every stair, every rock, and every area of dirt-ridden road. The first time we passed a tree, my sister yelled at me to duck, but I was so immersed in the stunning colors of the gift shops we passed that I was completely oblivious...

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Intro : "Incredible. Beautiful. Emotionally amazing. I could not live without this book!"  Ella from Hampshire. "This was the best book I have ever read. Words can't describe how good it was. Just read it."  Jordan from America. "I thought War Horse was brilliant! It is the most touching book I have ever read, and I would recommend it to anyone, even if they aren't animal lovers!" concurs Megan from Stafford. "This is one of the best books I have ever read and I would recommend it to everyone...

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The Horses Analysis This is a poem by Ted Hughes where he talks about a male observing a horse. The poem starts off with, ‘I climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark’. This creates a setting of an early before sunrise, when the atmosphere is chilly, dark and gloomy. ‘Evil air, a frost-making stillness’. The ‘air’ is being personified suggesting that the atmosphere is cruel and unsafe. ‘Not a leaf, not a bird. A world cast in frost.’ The word ‘frost’ means the state of coldness sufficient...

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Violence Throughout All the Pretty Horses One of the early incidents of violent occurs when Blevins, John Grady, and Rawlins attempt to steal back Blevins’ horse at “not much more than an hour till daylight.” As “they saddled the horses” and “rode around slowly,” “Yonder comes somebody,” dogs erupt in barking and a horse chase ignites. The Mexicans in that little town take off after Blevins, Grady, and Rawlins with guns. They shoot at least six shots and thankfully, Grady, Rawlins, and Blevins get...

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Social Throughout history, horses have always been social animals. They live in large herds all over the world. This is something that hasn’t changed with domestication (Lablanc, 2013). Horse herds structures as a harem (Lablanc, 2013). A harem is when one or two males with multiple females and their offspring (Lablanc, 2013). The harem is able to remain stable due to the number of females in the herd (Lablanc, 2013). The mares stay together and a new stallion comes in after others leave or die...

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You know about the WWI through book and movie, but that just the through the eyes of human, watch “War horse” and see the WWI through the eyes of the horse. Joey was a horse that live in in the 19th century, when the WWI happen, he was brought by a boy name Albert in Devon, when WWI begin, Joey was forced to leave Albert and go to war( as a horse). Albert was sad when he lose Joey, and he want to join the army with Joey but he was too young. 2 year later Albert joined the army to find Joey, but he...

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