PIKE By Ted Hughes Background Ted Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd in the West Riding of Yorkshire‚ England in 1930. His poetry discards Romantic notions about the natural world. He became British Poet Laureate in 1984 and was so until his death in 1998. In Pike Hughes offers a far from Romantic view of nature in his depiction of this primitive and malevolent fish. Stanzas 1 – 4 offers a mix of objective description (‘green tigering the gold’) and subjective description (‘their own grandeur)
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Aurelian M. Gogean What you give up to fit in? Many people sacrifice their beliefs and values to be accepted in society and to win the societies approval. George Orwell in “Shooting an elephant” and Langston Hughes in “Salvation” deal with the issue of “fitting in” in very different ways. George Orwell describes to us in “Shooting an elephant” the struggle that his character faces when to win the mobs approval and respect when he shoots down an innocent animal and sacrifices what he believes
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grow in life though we need to appreciate each other and world we live on. Life is not a walk in the park‚ it’s never easy;you’re always trying to get better. In Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son’ the speaker is talking about hard life is. In her journey she says “ Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (Mother to son‚ Langston Hughes line 2). Within this quote she explains that life is not easy and never will be easy even when you’re happy. Furthermore‚ she continues to‚ “So‚ boy‚
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’Red’ is a final collection by Ted Hughes in 1998 before he died. It has also engages the final death of Slyvia Plath in this piece of poetry. Ted Hughes has used ’Red’ and ’blue’ to describe Plath’s view of life and character from the day they got married and lived in their house. In the beginning of Red‚ it has defines Plath’s favourite colour that seems to wrap her entire life and movement. In line 4‚ ’blood-red’ may have constitute a certain image caused in life that can be related to violence
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Hughes’ "Blues" Jazz music is often associated with long‚ lazy melodies and ornate rhythmical patterns. The Blues‚ a type of jazz‚ also follows this similar style. Langston Hughes’ poem‚ "The Weary Blues‚" is no exception. The sound qualities that make up Hughes’ work are intricate‚ yet quite apparent. Hughes’ use of consonance‚ assonance‚ onomatopoeia‚ and rhyme in "The Weary Blues" gives the poem a deep feeling of sorrow while‚ at the same time‚ allows the reader to feel as if he or she
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The jaguar by ted Hughes In stanza 1‚ an image of distorted nature commences. The opening line ‘the apes yawn and adore their fleas in the sun’ presents an oxymoron that evokes a sense of both boredom and decay for the reader. The aural imagery and onomatopoeia of ‘the parrots shriek’ is complemented by two similes ‘as if they were on fire’ and ‘strut like cheap tarts’ to add visual imagery‚ parrots that are acting desperately and unnaturally for attention and food In stanza 2‚ the empty cage
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Reaction to "Salvation" "Salvation" is the story of a child named Langston misunderstanding that Jesus is not a physical person. The Bible is complicated and difficult to preach. Preachers spend years to get a perfect understanding of the scripter. It would be understandable for a 12-year-old to not understand. In most churches people expect you to get saved. This can be demonstrated the aunt in paragraph nine and ten as she started to sob. Instead of getting upset the aunt should have explained
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Are all men really created equal? The speaker in the poem “As I Grew Older” written by Langston Hughes certainly doesn’t think so. As the title suggests‚ the speaker was still growing and learning‚ so he couldn’t have been a wise man‚ though he still could be from a child to an adult. The poem’s title not only suggested the age of the speaker‚ but also clarified the meaning of the poem. I think that the
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Jo Hughes: Magpie Person About Lucy Main character Has “personality” Imogen Lucy’s sister. 4 years older. Is “pretty” The father Expresses his sorrow with violence. Doesn’t cry. The Mother Cries a lot. Tom Imogen’s boyfriend (when she is an adult) Vanessa Lucy’s friend. Sees Imogen at the marked. Distant family don’t think they are alike at all. They were looking from one of the girls to the other‚ and then let their eyes linger admiringly on Imogen. Lucy would try to make
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utilizes the power of figurative language and descriptive imagery to illustrate the ongoing battles that African American faced during the time of racism and segregation. McKay’s title “The White City‚” symbolizes the fact that the speaker is a black man in a city full of predominantly white individuals‚ and it is because of his skin color that he is discriminated against. When the speaker says‚ “My being would be a skeleton‚ a shell‚” (Line 5) he is metaphorically comparing himself to a skeleton and
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