Fulbright Scholars Where was it‚ in the Strand? A display Of news items‚ in photographs. For some reason I noticed it. A picture of that year’s intake Of Fulbright Scholars. Just arriving Or arrived. Or some of them. Were you among them? I studied it. Not too minutely‚ wondering Which of them I might meet. I remember that thought. Not Your face. No doubt I scanned particularly The girls. Maybe I noticed you. Maybe I weighed you up‚ feeling unlikely. Noted your long hair‚ loose waves
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The main difference between Plath’s and Hughes’ poetry‚ is that Plath writes about her own experiences. Whereas Hughes experience is second hand‚ he writes about his own pain though Plath’s experiences. In the poem Daddy‚ Plath is talking about her childhood. She is writing as she remembers it. On the other hand the way Hughes writes Tender place is through Plath’s experience of electrocution. The Poem ‘Daddy’ is set in Sylvia’s childhood. It is a very violent and conflicted poem. She is talking
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WIND- Ted Hughes In this poem‚ Hughes draws a sharp contrast between the sheer intensity and uncontrollable strength if the wind in a storm as opposed to the vulnerability and fragility of man. The poet starts by describing a tremendous gale striking a desolated moorland house and its inhabitants. “The house has been far out at sea all night.” By using this metaphor he compares the house to a boat at sea. The house faces wave upon wave of inexhaustible pounding from the wind‚ as a boat would be
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Imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it.’ Ted Hughes‚ Poetry in the Making Edward James Hughes was English Poet Laureate from 1984 to his death in 1998. Famous for his violent poems about the innocent savagery of animals‚ Ted Hughes was born on Mytholmroyd‚ in the West Riding district of Yorkshire‚ which became "the psychological terrain of his later poetry" (The Literary Encyclopedia). He was married to the famous Sylvia Plath from 1956 up to her controversial suicide in 1956
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‘Her Husband’ by Ted Hughes – Criticism Essay In the poem ‘Her Husband’‚ by Ted Hughes we are shown a man who returns home to his wife under the influence of alcohol after a hard day at work. We are shown that his wife has to clean up after him and that he does not treat her too well. This poem has five stanzas‚ all of which are quatrains‚ maybe to show us the repetitiveness of the husband coming home under the influence of alcohol. The lines are of unequal length and the poet might have used this
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“Mooses” The poem “Mooses”‚ by Ted Hughes‚ is about two mooses that find themselves ugly and not attractive. But my thesis is‚ mooses are large mentally challenged animals. I came down to this because of the author’s statements in his poem. The author thinks that the moose is mentally challenged because he states‚ “And why am I so ugly?” This shows that he is mentally challenged because‚ in some cases‚ looks can show a person’s mental capacity. And in this case‚ the author thinks that the mooses’
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inform the responder‚ or to make a comment on the functioning and morality of society. In order to achieve their purpose‚ composers deliberately manipulate responder’s conflicting perspectives so that they will have the same perspective as them. Ted Hughes utilises the subjective nature of the textual form of poetry so as to evoke a certain response to sympathise with him and relieve himself of any guilt in his collection of poetry‚ “Birthday Letters”. “The Sea Inside”‚ a 2000 Spanish film based on
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Hawk roosting The poem “hawk roosting” written by ted Hughes is presented as a dramatic monologue‚ in which the hawk is the speaker. It is an individual utterance‚ where the hawk starts the poem with the pronoun “I”. This particular start gives the readers an idea about the poem persona who has a powerful ego but who is at the same time manifesting his identity which stands firm and strong in the poem. The hawk consequently shows its ruling power and dominance by stating “I sit in the top of the
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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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Poetry Reading Assignment: By referring to The Early Purges by Seamus Heaney and The Jaguar by Ted Hughes‚ show how well you feel the poet has described his experiences. Refer to the ways in which he brought these experiences to life for you and explain what made them memorable. Introduction: In The Early Purges by Seamus Heaney‚ the poet is remembering a childhood experience. It deals with the necessary killing of farmyard pests‚ telling us why they must be killed in order to run an effective
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