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 while providing
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Ted Hughes’s poem‚ “Wind”‚ describes the impact and strength nature has over human beings. The poem is written in first person‚ which emphasizes the idea of a personal experience and suggests that the speaker of the poem is Hughes. The poem is situated away from the cities‚ presumably in the countryside or in a very isolated place‚ this can be supported by the use of words like “fields” and “hills”. The setting of the poem is in autumn since the weather is described as being cold and grim. The
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surrounding Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath‚ contentious poets of the twenty first century portray their own reality through their semi-confessional poetry. Sylvia Plath frequently extends her cereal obsession with her dead father as well as committing a certain bias declaration about past events to her poetry. If an audience were to read just Plath’s semi-autobiographical work the bell jar or even her late published work‚ Ariel they would quickly succumb to the confessional ‘finger pointing’ at Hughes and her
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’Red’ is a final collection by Ted Hughes in 1998 before he died. It has also engages the final death of Slyvia Plath in this piece of poetry. Ted Hughes has used ’Red’ and ’blue’ to describe Plath’s view of life and character from the day they got married and lived in their house. In the beginning of Red‚ it has defines Plath’s favourite colour that seems to wrap her entire life and movement. In line 4‚ ’blood-red’ may have constitute a certain image caused in life that can be related to violence
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written by Ted Hughes‚ he tries to capture the mood of a post war‚ 1950’s zoo. He depicts the animals as hot‚ lazy and lethargic. This is because they have been captive for a long stretch of time. The animals are not lively but are dull and lifeless. He uses the expression ’stinks of sleepers from the breathing straw’ to show this. He then unveils the jaguar as being live and vivid. ’At a jaguar hurrying enraged.’ ’The Jaguar’ longs for freedom physically but is free mentally. Hughes has a few main
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The jaguar by ted Hughes In stanza 1‚ an image of distorted nature commences. The opening line ‘the apes yawn and adore their fleas in the sun’ presents an oxymoron that evokes a sense of both boredom and decay for the reader. The aural imagery and onomatopoeia of ‘the parrots shriek’ is complemented by two similes ‘as if they were on fire’ and ‘strut like cheap tarts’ to add visual imagery‚ parrots that are acting desperately and unnaturally for attention and food In stanza 2‚ the empty cage
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"Pike" by Ted Hughes Envisage the Yin and Yang emblem. The idea behind it is that there is no such thing as purity. You can’t have pure evil – there is an element in all things of some good‚ however small. Similarly‚ you can’t have pure goodness – there is an element in all things good that is itself bad. We see the idea in great poems like Chinua Achebe’s “Vultures” and in our day to day actions as member of a fickle and capricious human race. This is the idea of Pike. It is attempting to
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also on display in the imagery and flashbacks used by Ted Hughes in “The Minotaur”. Ted had to master the ability to choose the right words that can paint a picture in the reader’s head. The fourth stanza of this poem cuts deep into the relationship between Ted‚ his wife‚ and their children’s. Ted describes that his wife’s “bloody end of the skein” ended their marriage. Ted carefully thought out his word choice to contrive his point across. Ted thought of the image that these words would portray to
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Fulbright Scholars I am going to present ‘Fulbright Scholars’‚ the first poem from Ted Hughes’ powerful autobiographic ‘Birthday Letters’‚ which were released in 1998- 35 years after Sylvia Plath suicide and only months before the poet’s death. Hughes’ poems can be regarded as a personal reply to the critics‚ who have been arguing for decades that his infidelity and cruelty drove Plath to suicide. However‚ ‘Fulbright Scholars’ explores the poet’s first sighting of Sylvia Plath in a photograph
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Wind - Ted Hughes Setting: A house and the surrounding landscape exposed to a violent storm Main Figure: The wind itself which represents the forces of nature Theme: Man’s helplessness as opposed to the power of nature Tone: Potent‚ Vigorous Structure: ’Wind’ is written in six‚ four line stanzas characterised by enjambment. Enjambment is when sentences‚ in poems run over the end of one line and into the next one(s). In ’Wind’ lines spill into each other and the end of one stanza runs
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