“We came in spastic‚ like tameless horses‚ we left in plastic‚ as numbered corpses‚” “Goodnight Saigon”‚ by Billy Joel. Multitudinous wars left numerous soldiers with PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. One war that was most common for leaving people with PTSD is the Vietnam War. Terry’s father from‚ ” Stop the Sun” suffered through PTSD after the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War many soldiers died fighting for this nation making the ones who did survive suffer from PTSD and survivor’s Guilt
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COMMENATRY/ ANALYSIS ON THE POEM “THE PIKE” BY TED HUGHES: The poem begins with a description of a baby pike‚ and we are given the impression that right from the very moment of birth this creature is in possession of some pretty chilling characteristics. “…Killers from the egg…” In the first three stanzas‚ the persona sets the scene and describes the voracious‚ ruthless nature of this fish. In these stanzas‚ the fish and its environment occupy the center of attention. “Pike‚ three inches long
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One of the famous figure of 20th century British poetry‚ Ted Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd‚ Yorkshire in 1930. After serving as in the Royal Air Force‚ Hughes attended Cambridge‚ where he studied archeology and anthropology‚ taking a special interest in myths and legends. In 1956 he met and married the American poet Sylvia Plath‚ who encouraged him to submit his manuscript to a first book contest run by The Poetry Center. Ted Hughes was very passionate by animals‚ nature‚ myths and he used them
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personalities. In Ted Hughes’ anthology of “Birthday Letters”‚ poetry is utilised as an emotive medium to express the ephemeral nature of perspectives by reflecting on his turbulent relationship with Sylvia Plath concurrently Comment [MM1]: ? Are you sure you want to say perspectives are ephemeral? You do know that means temporary‚ or short‐lived right? revealing how composers can manipulate the preconceived ideas of responders to protect public identity. Ted Hughes’ utilises the poetic
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How is conflict presented in “Bayonet Charge” and another poem? Introduction Conflict often has harmful effects‚ including causing death and destruction‚ so it is usually viewed negatively. However‚ conflict can also bring out positive traits in people‚ and the people involved in it may be respected. “Bayonet Charge” imagines a soldier’s experience in battle. “The Charge of The Light Brigade” recounts the story of the charge made by the Light Brigade in the Battle of Balaclava. Language One way
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conflicting perspectives” Discuss this statement in reference to Ted Hughes ‘Sam’ and Sylvia Plath’s ‘Whiteness I Remember’. Composers construct their own representations of events‚ personalities or situations; they manipulate the features of their texts in order to achieve a particular effect/impact on the responder. These constructions can be influenced by many factors and thus this leads to conflicting perspectives amongst texts. Ted Hughes poem ‘Sam’ and Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Whiteness I Remember’
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Love and Death (Analysis of “When You are Old” and “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” by W.B.Yeats) Ⅰ. Love In William Butler Yeats poem "When You Are Old‚" an anonymous narrator requests of a former lover to remember her youth and his love for her‚ creating a surreal sense of mystery that only reveals some shadows of his own past love life. Yeats’ diction changes as the poem progresses from stanza to stanza. In the first stanza‚ I believe the narrator is a man‚ who wrote this poem for his
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C.B.S.E – Mathematics +1 English Literature – The Laburnum Top Maximum Marks – 30 Maximum Time - 1 hour 15 minutes * Two Marks Type: Q 1 ‘She launches away‚ towards the infinite’. Explain the given line. Q 2 Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet? Q 3 What happened when the goldfinch came to the laburnum tree? Q 4 How is the tree transformed during the bird’s visit? Write the line that shows this transformation. Q 5 To what is the movement of the goldfinch compared? What
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Foundation of Ted Hughes’ work Who was Ted Hughes? What’s so special bought him that he was able to use his own life experiences to create wonderful poems? Ted Hughes wrote bought anger sorrow and regret because he saw people in pain‚ his own wife passed away and he regrets his actions from the past. Edward James Hughes or more commonly known as Ted Hughes was born in August 17‚ 1930 at 1 Aspinal Street‚ in Mytholmroyd‚ West Yorkshire to William Henry and Edith Hughes. When Hughes was seven his
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the different ways in which Ted Hughes portrays nature in his poems as well as themes and ideas‚ you should consider the poems techniques? Ted Hughes is an English poet who was inspired by nature at his homeland in Yorkshire and wrote countless poems on this topic. I have studied several poems (Thistles‚ The thought fox‚ the jaguar‚ the horses‚ Hawk roosting‚ Pike‚ and Ghost Crabs). Within these poems I am going to compare the ways and techniques in which Ted Hughes portrays nature using poetic
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