The Poem 'Mooses' By Ted Hughes

“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’ looks reflect upon his mental capacity. The author also uses onomatopoeia to express how the moose is dumb. The author states, “Where is this world? , he groans.” This shows that the moose is clueless where he is in this world. The author uses