The Violent Energy of Ted Hughes "Poetic voice of blood and guts" (Welsh 1) said one newspaper headline announcing the appointment of Ted Hughes as the new Poet Laureate in November of 1984. It was fairly typical of the surprise with which the media greeted this appointment because Ted Hughes‚ it seems‚ is for most people a difficult poet. Hughes is frequently accused of writing poetry which is unnecessarily rough and violent when he is simply being a typically blunt Yorkshireman‚ describing
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speaking about Sylvia Plath a word too often use is Tragedy‚ the tragedy that was her life and the pain that ended it. Plath is known for her cynical twisted writing‚ but never too far from the truthful pain no one dared to speak about. Plath was far more than just a sad woman who made it an art form. Plath was more than other women on the Ted Hughes list of accomplishments‚ she was a literary genius and was a face of a movement that 50 years later is still worthy of praise. Sylvia Plath should be known
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poem‚ ‘The Jaguar’ written by Ted Hughes‚ is one of his most famous poems but no his only by far. From 1984 to his death‚ Hughes wrote poetry constantly. Critics rank him as one of the best poets of his time. ‘The Jaguar’ describes the different lifestyles of animals at a zoo and expresses how they feel about being trapped in their cages. It shows the slow‚ lazy movements from some of the animals to the fast‚ rapid movement of the jaguar. In ‘The Jaguar’‚ Ted Hughes uses techniques such as tone‚
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Sylvia Plath Surviving tragedies in a harsh reality is something only the strongest of souls can do. Sylvia Plath was not a strong soul. She sought comfort in the words of her poetry and in her book The Bell Jar‚ but it was not enough. She had a dark and sad life‚ and Sylvia was constantly depressed. These warning signs provided Plath with fuel for her poems‚ but what her family‚ and society did not realize was that her writings were a desperate cry for help‚ and help never came. Sylvia Plath‚ awakened
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Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” is a poem that takes the reader through Plath’s life with an oppressive father. Through detailed‚ five-line stanzas she gives examples to compare her life to that of a Jew or to the lady that lived in a shoe. Plath uses visual imagery of a Nazi‚ in particular‚ Adolf Hitler to describe her father’s oppressive ways. The poem gives off a very weary perception of Plath fighting emotionally to get away from the life of silence and abuse. Moving deeper through Plath’s poem‚ she depicts
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be less active‚ show less attention and are more irritable and agitated than babies born to moms who are not depressed (“American Pregnancy Association”). In the poem “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ her choice of words for the poem seem to express her feelings of depression toward the issue of her pregnancy. Plath chose many metaphors to describe her pregnancy. From her choice of words‚ one gets the feeling as if she is not enjoying the fact that she is pregnant‚ nor is she looking forward to
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begins Sylvia Plath‚ before she pivots and reveals her true feelings with the first line: “But I would rather be horizontal” (1). In her March 1961 poem “I am Vertical‚” Sylvia Plath sets up her own coordinate plane consisting of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis. The vertical axis stands for all things human‚ and in the eyes of Plath‚ the plight of her own humanity. The horizontal axis represents the plane of the natural world‚ and later‚ comes with the darker implication of death. Plath finds
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have changed as time progresses‚ authors have wrote about the same hardships in their work while still adding their own unique voices. In Metaphors by Sylvia Plath and Stoner by John Williams‚ each author explores social expectations of women in post-war America illustrating the influences on literature and its audience. In Metaphors by Sylvia Plath‚ she demonstrates a first person point of view on what it is like to be held to the expectations of childbirth in 1959. This
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Sylvia Plath uses metaphors‚ and other literary devices to leave the reader with a feeling of anguish. The use of metaphors are often utilized throughout the poem‚ in order to compare her father to the most awful things a person could imagine. Throughout the poem she paints an image of her father as a Nazi‚ and herself as a Jew. She attempts to show the intimidation her father creates. The speaker says “Panzer-man‚ panzer-man‚ O you (45). “Panzer-man” is a German phrase referring to tank drivers
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In the poem "Mirror"‚ Sylvia Plath employs many different poetic devices to develop her message that people need the truth although it may be hurtful. Plath uses a mirror and then a lake as a metaphor for the truth. She also makes the mirror come alive with personification‚ simile and metonymy. These other devices are important to the poem and the scene it creates‚ but the mirror being a metaphor for truth is the most important. The poem is basically about a woman looking into a mirror. As she
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