truth. These are universal concepts and are widely seen in ted Hughes poems “birthday Letters”. Birthday letters is a set of poems‚ said to have been written by Hughes for six years prior to his death‚ on his ex wife’s birthday each year this the selection of poems being called birthday letters. The selection on poems surrounds his problematic marital issues between himself and his wife Sylvia Plath. It is also to show the conflicting perspective on their relationship. This is mainly towards the
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“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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selections‚ often resulting in 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
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The innate human obsession with the “truth” and the persistent search for it‚ poses the question: Does one truth really exist‚ or does the truth depend on one’s perspective? The relationship between truth and perspectives is a key concept in Ted Hughes’ Birthday Letters‚ this idea is supported in the film Vantage Point and the Scientific American’s report on the social perspectives of the death of Bin Laden‚ “What Bin Laden’s death means to us and society?” Essentially Vantage Point is a film about
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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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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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Analyse the ways conflicting perspectives on events‚ personalities or situations are represented in your prescribed text‚ ‘Birthday Letters’ and the film‚ ‘Sylvia.’ In your response you should refer to at least two poems from the “Birthday Letters” Anthology and the ONE related text‚ “Sylvia.” Conflicting perspectives on events‚ situations and personalities are created when respective composers write for a different purpose‚ directly linking back to their context‚ both personal and of production
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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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to Jane Schill a perspective is “a impression that is given by viewing something from a certain position.” Due to the inherent subjective bias of interpretation‚ conflicting perspectives surrounding Hughes and Plath’s controversial relationship are inevitable. This duality of viewpoint is seen in “Fulbright Scholars” and “Sam” by Ted Hughes and of the poem “Ariel” by Sylvia Plath‚ where both poets manipulate language‚ sound and textual form to attest to the veracity of their own personal perspectives
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