Line1 "Globe shrunk tight" could be talking about a microcosm which could mean the themes of the poem are reflective to the wider world. Line 2 "Round" could link with the title and theme cycles of death and rebirth because snowdrops are iconic of the spring time and death is very prominent within the poem. "Dulled wintering heart" is descriptive of the mouse and how it is dying and in the winter of its life. This also links with the seasons and death themes as it’s the death of the year and the
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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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“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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back as a grown man. I felt as though I should have been excited to go home‚ but the war had gone on too long to imagine a life without it. The soldier life had been indoctrinated into us. German Civilian at the Home Front Freida Gotze was born in Berlin‚ in 1885. Freida came from a middle class family and was the daughter of a university professor. She spent much of her time during the war‚ advocating for the importance of women in the workforce. Being from a scholarly family‚ she developed
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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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compared? What is the basis for the comparison? Q 6 What does the phrase ‘her barred face identity mask’ mean? Q 7 ‘The whole tree trembles and thrills’. Explain the poetic device used by the poet. Q 8 ‘It is the engine of her family‚ she strokes it full.’ Explain the significance of these lines. Q 9 Explain the line ‘And the laburnum subsides to empty’. * Four Marks Type: Q 10 A few leaves yellowing‚ all its seeds fallen Till the goldfinch comes‚ with a twitching chirrup A suddenness
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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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In her novel‚ Full Cicada Moon‚ Marilyn Hilton uses repetition to show that Mimi or someone else cares about what is repeating. Authors can use repetition to show a theme‚ certain topic‚ object‚ or idea that is important to the story. If a word or phrase is repeated‚ you hear it multiple times‚ resulting in the idea sticking in your head. After Mimi’s first home ec class‚ Hilton repeats the phrase‚ “I have a notion”. “I have a notion that Mama and I will go downtown this Saturday. I have a notion
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