Hackney carriage a 1662 Act of Parliament establishing the Commissioners of Scotland Yard to regulate them. Licences applied literally to horse-drawn carriages, later modernised as hansom cabs (1834), that operated as vehicles for hire. The 1662 act limited the licences to 400; when it expired in 1679, extra licences were created until a 1694 act imposed a limit of 700, which was increased by later acts and abolished in 1832. There was a distinction between a general hackney carriage and a hackney coach, a hireable vehicle with specifically four wheels, two horses and six seats, and driven by a "Jarvey" (also spelled
How to be Drawn the collection for the poems was that of a free verse, meaning there is no set rhyme scheme or stanzaic and metrical structure. The diction used throughout the collection is normal and Hayes uses word play throughout his work. Hayes uses this style to convey the message that he has for each of his poems instead of drawing away using rhythm or rhyme. How to be Drawn How to be Drawn is a collection of poetry by Terrance Hayes. The poems in this collection take on themes of racial individuality, social prejudices, and personal losses in everyday life. The main