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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The poem “The Pike” by Ted Hughes accentuates the drama that takes place in the calm but dangerous murky ponds that surround us. In every stanza of the poem‚ Hughes emphasizes that the pike is merciless and barbaric. Since Ted Hughes is a contemporary writer who wrote many poems relating to nature‚ he was able to give detailed imagery on two sides of the pike which was the majestic side of it‚ its elegance and the savageness of the Pike being a natural born killer. Hughes also attempts to link the
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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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The poem ‘‘The Jaguar’’ is written by the former British Poet Laureate‚ Ted Hughes. It is written in the third person perspective‚ describing the animal’s attitudes in the zoo. The speaker of the poem is unknown‚ but one could assume that Ted Hughes is the speaker himself. The poem describes the lifestyle of animals at the zoo and their different attitudes towards their entrapment in their cage‚ and tributes the majesty of the Jaguar. It compares the bored and lazy moods of animals‚ to the energetic
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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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“The Jaguar” by Ted Hughes evocatively embraces the imprisonment of zoo animals within the human world of civilization. More specifically of an extraordinary jaguar. Hughes beautifully uses a variety of poetic techniques such as onomatopoeia‚ enjambment‚ sensory images‚ similes‚ and alliteration to illustrate the contrast between the stoic existence of the other animals and the untameable spirit of the jaguar. The poem truly manifests the greatness of this wild creature and wonderfully demonstrates
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Bio Notes Booklet 3: Molecules for life Cells are the smallest units of all living things. Inside cells are molecules (water‚ glucose‚ protein). Any molecule is made of atoms. Cells carry out metabolic reactions in order to stay alive. Anabolic reactions- large molecules are built when small molecules join together. Catabolic reactions- large molecules break down to form smaller molecules. Organelles- basic components of cells The different biological molecules in cells can be grouped into
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