The thought fox By Ted Hughes The thought fox is a poem about writing a poem. The poet is sitting in a room late at night‚ it’s dark outside and though he can’t see anything he senses a presence: Something else is alive Beside the clocks loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move This presence is in the poet’s imagination‚ as you find out in the very first line: I imagine this midnight moments forest: It immediately shows a contrast between the first two lines. The first
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Pike by Ted Hughes Tone Similar to what I’ve just said above. I think it is two tone: (1) quiet awe and appreciation for the perfection of nature; and (2) reserved and respectful due to the inherent danger of this ruthless killing machine. This should sound a little bit like Hunting Snake and would probably provide a suitable comparison. Theme Here is a complex appreciation of the beauty and splendour of nature‚ mixed in with a critical comment on mankind and human nature. Mankind is put in context
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Hughes makes reference to Plath’s problems‚ implying her “exaggerated American grin “as false‚ having a purpose of its own. The content Plath was there for the “cameras‚ the judges‚ the strangers‚ the frighteners  the extended metaphor suggesting the intrinsic connection issues between Hughes and Plath were caused from external forces. Furthermore the allusion of her “Veronica lake bang†and “what it hid...â€suggests that appearances can be deceiving and raises questions about Plath’s
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Hughes demonstrates his perspective towards his destructive relationship with Plath through The Minotaur. Violence is evident in the very opening when Plath ‘smashed’ Hughes’ ‘mother’s heirloom sideboard – Mapped with the scars of [his] whole life’. Here Hughes is expressing the damage deep inside him than the physical destruction by Plath; that he too has childhood ‘scars’. Hughes suggests that Plath’s over-reaction and violence reflects her unstable mind by the word ‘demented’ revealing his helplessness
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Thought-Fox By Ted Hughes1930-1998 • Ted Hughes (1930-1998) Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was one of the major poets of the 20th century and the most influential English poet of the post World War II. His writing began as a reaction to the Movement poetry of the 1950s. His poetry embraces the violent life of nature particularly as exemplified by animals and birds. It’s not really violence the Ted Hughes celebrates in his poetry‚ he celebrates an energy that too strong for death. Ted considers poetry
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appears black and not green but emerald acknowledging depth. Like the sea the sky is rapidly changing or “flexing”. The word “mad” carries connotations of being unpredictable and unreasonable. The third stanza introduces characters into the ordeal. Hughes uses the characters add familiarity for the reader. When the character describes how they “scaled along the house side”
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Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ ‘Whiteness I Remember’‚ and Ted Hughes’s poem‚ ‘Sam’‚ are two poems which describe an experience of Plath’s when she was a student at Cambridge. She was out on her first ride when the horse she had hired the normally-placid Sam‚ bolted. Although Ted Hughes’s is describing the experience he uses insinuations throughout the poem to let out his perception of his marriage with Sylvia Plath‚ hence infuriating‚ the conflict in perspective between the two poems. The ideas of ‘conflicting
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– How are conflicting perspectives revealed in two of Ted Hughes poems and a related text? Individuals form perspectives over time reflecting their experiences‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ opinions and beliefs. Ted Hughes’ anthology of poems‚ Birthday Letters (1998)‚ illustrates his personal perspective on his life with Sylvia Plath. The poems ‘Fulbright Scholars’ and ‘Sam’ reveal an array of conflicting perspectives effectively depicted by Hughes. The film The Triumph directed by Randa Haines in 2006
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Thistles by Ted Hughes The title ‘thistles’ refers to a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles. The poem is very short and is separated into four stanzas of three lines each. The poem does not have a rhyming pattern but uses much alliteration. The poem conveys a negative mood‚ one that is aggressive and violent. In the first stanza‚ Hughes portrays an almost countryside atmosphere for the readers to experience. He uses alliteration: “hoeing hands” that describe the
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In “To Paint A Water Lily” by Ted Hughes‚ a speaker contrasts the overwhelming amount of action and the stillness in a pond to illustrate the countless parts in nature that is difficult to capture as a whole. The speaker speaks for each aspect of the pond that is eventually put together as a whole in a painting to raise awareness of the chaotic side of nature that is usually left unnoticed. The poem begins with a serene image as the “green level of lily leaves / Roofs the pond’s chamber and paves”
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