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    – How are conflicting perspectives revealed in two of Ted Hughes poems and a related text? Individuals form perspectives over time reflecting their experiences‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ opinions and beliefs. Ted Hughes’ anthology of poems‚ Birthday Letters (1998)‚ illustrates his personal perspective on his life with Sylvia Plath. The poems ‘Fulbright Scholars’ and ‘Sam’ reveal an array of conflicting perspectives effectively depicted by Hughes. The film The Triumph directed by Randa Haines in 2006

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    Hughes demonstrates his perspective towards his destructive relationship with Plath through The Minotaur. Violence is evident in the very opening when Plath ‘smashed’ Hughes’ ‘mother’s heirloom sideboard – Mapped with the scars of [his] whole life’. Here Hughes is expressing the damage deep inside him than the physical destruction by Plath; that he too has childhood ‘scars’. Hughes suggests that Plath’s over-reaction and violence reflects her unstable mind by the word ‘demented’ revealing his helplessness

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    In his blog post‚ Sean Patrick Hughes discusses his concern over the election by arguing that a Donald Trump presidency could be a significant barrier to the fight against division in our country. He begins his post by clearing articulating where his view is coming from; he is not a “safe space‚ social crusader‚” but rather identifies as “someone with conservative values” who loves God‚ his family‚ and his guns. The first paragraph is entirely dedicated to establishing ethos because he understands

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    appears black and not green but emerald acknowledging depth. Like the sea the sky is rapidly changing or “flexing”. The word “mad” carries connotations of being unpredictable and unreasonable. The third stanza introduces characters into the ordeal. Hughes uses the characters add familiarity for the reader. When the character describes how they “scaled along the house side”

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    Thought-Fox By Ted Hughes1930-1998 • Ted Hughes (1930-1998) Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was one of the major poets of the 20th century and the most influential English poet of the post World War II. His writing began as a reaction to the Movement poetry of the 1950s. His poetry embraces the violent life of nature particularly as exemplified by animals and birds. It’s not really violence the Ted Hughes celebrates in his poetry‚ he celebrates an energy that too strong for death. Ted considers poetry

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    Thistles by Ted Hughes The title ‘thistles’ refers to a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles. The poem is very short and is separated into four stanzas of three lines each. The poem does not have a rhyming pattern but uses much alliteration. The poem conveys a negative mood‚ one that is aggressive and violent. In the first stanza‚ Hughes portrays an almost countryside atmosphere for the readers to experience. He uses alliteration: “hoeing hands” that describe the

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    In “To Paint A Water Lily” by Ted Hughes‚ a speaker contrasts the overwhelming amount of action and the stillness in a pond to illustrate the countless parts in nature that is difficult to capture as a whole. The speaker speaks for each aspect of the pond that is eventually put together as a whole in a painting to raise awareness of the chaotic side of nature that is usually left unnoticed. The poem begins with a serene image as the “green level of lily leaves / Roofs the pond’s chamber and paves”

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    Telling the Truth Texts: Birthday Letters – Ted Hughes Weapons of Mass Delusion – Phillip Adams Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut How do your texts represent the idea of truth? Ted Hughes’ collection of intimate and deeply personal poetry‚ along with Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Breakfast of Champions and Phillip Adams’ controversial article Weapons of Mass Delusion all represent versions of the truth. In many ways‚ they represent truth as a kind of impossibility‚ as it is constantly

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    ‘Imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it.’ –Ted Hughes‚ Poetry in the Making Edward James Hughes was English Poet Laureate from 1984 to his death in 1998. Famous for his violent poems about the innocent savagery of animals‚ Ted Hughes was born on Mytholmroyd‚ in the West Riding district of Yorkshire‚ which became "the psychological terrain of his later poetry" (The Literary Encyclopedia). He was married to the famous Sylvia Plath from 1956 up to her controversial suicide in 1956

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    look different. However‚ in some way‚ they all relate! The poems include various forms of creativity and art; yet‚ they all contribute in describing the process of writing a poem in their own unique styles. In the poem “The Thought-Fox”‚ the poet‚ Ted Hughes‚ establishes a dark and sneaky mood from the very beginning with the conceit

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