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The skull of Python reticulatus.. The skull of a snake is a very complex structure, with numerous joints to allow the snake to swallow prey far larger than its head.. The typical snake skull has a solidly ossified braincase, with the separate frontal bones and the united parietal bones extending downward to the basisphenoid, which is large and extends forward into a rostrum extending to the ...
The rebuilt Sawyer Homestead in Sterling, Massachusetts, built in 1756. Mary Elizabeth Tyler (née Sawyer; [1] March 22, 1806 – December 11, 1889) was an American woman who is believed to have been the "Mary" on which the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was based, a claim she stated at the age of 70.
This poem's title is one of those that rankled with Louis Untermeyer, but Stevens insisted on it in preference to the abbreviated "Frogs Eat Butterflies", which he wrote in a 1922 letter, "would have an affected appearance, which I should dislike". [2] If "The Worms at Heaven's Gate" is about death, then "Frogs Eat Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs.
Sunday Morning" is a poem from Wallace Stevens' first book of poetry, Harmonium. Published in part in the November 1915 issue of Poetry , then in full in 1923 in Harmonium , it is now in the public domain.
We have an existential mandate to mend our broken relationship with nature and protect the places that sustain life.” The snake marks the third animal species named after Ford.
It has been noted that Theriaca is a poem not solely concerned with its intended subject matter, given its "arcane language". [5] Nicander makes references to a drakōn, however it is likely this term is utilized to refer to an Aesculapian snake rather than a dragon in the contemporary perception of the word.
Dedicated readers of TJ Klune, author of bestsellers like 2020's The House on the Cerulean Sea and 2021's Under the Whispering Door, may recognize the title of his latest book, The Bones Beneath ...
"Taim Sinte ar do Thuamba", has been paired with music in at least two unrelated works: in Hymn #47 of Danta De: Idir Sean agus Nuad (the Trinity Sunday hymn "Dia an t-Athair do shealbhaig flaitheas naomhtha", 1928 [3]), credited to Munster, [4] [5] and in "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" by musician Philip King in 1979.