How The Horse Got Its Name?

In simple English: “Horse” came from the Old English word “hors,” which basically traces back to “currere,” Latin for “to run.” What was the horse originally called? During the early Eocene there appeared the first ancestral horse, a hoofed, browsing mammal designated correctly as Hyracotherium but more commonly called Eohippus, Read more…

Who Wrote The Horses Poem?

‘The Horses’ is one of the best-known and most widely studied poems by the Scottish poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959). What is the poem The Horses about? “The Horses,” by British poet Ted Hughes, describes the stillness and serenity of the natural world at dawn. The poem’s speaker, likely representing Hughes Read more…