Ted Hughes famously quoted "What excites my imagination is the war between vitality and death".
Ted Hughes' Poetry - The Contrast between Vitality and Death Ted Hughes famously quoted "What excites my imagination is the war between vitality and death". This is a key factor in the effectiveness of nearly all of Hughes' early work - the stark contrast between life and death, vitality and lethargy. In poems such as "The Jaguar", "Roarers in a Ring" and "Six Young Men", there is a severe and often brutally sudden transition between the two extremes. I found all of these poems, particularly "The Jaguar", intriguing and enthralling; the respect that Hughes has for animals and humans who live their lives to the full is admirably enormous. In "The Jaguar", the poet describes his disregard for the majority of the animals in the zoo he visits because they have accepted captivity and surrendered to a life free from care, excitement and interest. Most of the animals have lost the magic of their natural instincts. He disdainfully describes them with words like "indolence" and "sloth" and uses the simile "like cheap tarts" to describe the parrots. This insinuates that they are willing to "strut" and show off to anyone, as they have lost any sense of pride and self worth they once had. However, there is one creature that excites and captivates the crowds, and as the title of the poem suggests, has also left a lasting impact on Hughes. Instead of lazing around idly, the sleek black
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes is the poet laureate of England, he was granted this title on the 19th of December 1984. He was born in 1930 in a small English town in west Yorkshire. Ted Hughes is supposedly the best-known poet in Britain. Hughes obsession for poetry developed at grammar school. Rhythm was one of the most appealing parts of poetry to him. He particularly like verses written in strong rhythm. Most of Teds work is centred around one main focal point, which is nature. Hughes obviously live in the country and has an obsession with solitude. 'The Warm and the cold' and 'Work and Play' are both two poems that use contrasts to show differences. Just by looking at the titles you can see contrasts. 'Work and Play' is interesting as the people are suppose to be playing and the swallow workings but the way the poem is set out it shows the swallow as having all the fun and the people having a disaster of a day. The people have visited the beach and 'are laid out like wounded' backing in the sun, the way in which this is thought of is people being dead instead of having fun sunbathing on the beach. On the other hand the swallow is seen to be enjoying her self but this is incorrect as in the poem Ted hughes uses the word 'toils' which connotations are hard working, this shows that see is at work but some lines shows her being at one with her self. The line 'a fish of the air' shows that
The hawk, which is the main focus or center of Ted Hughess Hawk Roosting, embodies both characteristics of man and nature, demonstrating how the two intertwine
Hawk Roosting- Man Vs. Nature The hawk, which is the main focus or center of Ted Hughes’s Hawk Roosting, embodies both characteristics of man and nature, demonstrating how the two intertwine. Thus, there is a clear theme of man versus nature. In terms of its characteristics of man, or anthropomorphic features, the hawk symbolizes more of the negative behavior of man, such as power and how too much of it results in a lack of reasoning, ignorance and arrogance. With respects to its embodiment of nature, that hawk represents nature’s voice and thoughts. The fact that the poem is narrated from a bird itself is evidence of the poet’s use of anthropomorphism and personification, as a hawk is non-human and cannot narrate. The word choices of “manners”, “feet” and “arguments” are human components, which further draws the link between the hawk and man. The opening line of the poem itself sets the theme, as the hawk appears to be resting (“roosting”) and is at a high position, “the top of the wood”. Hughes uses words such as “convenience”, “allotment” and “buoyancy”, which represent the ease of savagery and the hawk’s (man’s) self-centered attitude, which comes with the power that it personifies. A clear connection to humanity can be demonstrated by dictatorship, particularly fascism. Often dictators are “roosting” when they come to
"Wind" by Ted Hughes, an appreciation
Wind: an appreciation Ted Hughes poem 'Wind' is about a person who is living in a house that is in the middle of a raging storm. The poem makes the house feel insecure, 'the roots of the house move on' as if scared and unable to hold onto the floor, whilst the wind is dominating and all powerful. This means that anything could 'bang and vanish with a flap' as like the house it is insecure, not even the hills were stable - 'they drummed and strained their guy ropes' as tents, and come morning 'had new places' due to the blow of the omnipresent wind. The poet describes the effect the weather is having on the environment and the inhabitants of the house. He uses lots of imagery to do this, for example the personification of the wind as a herd of stampeding animals, the quivering fields, the grimacing skyline and the stones that cry out. The poem is full of other techniques too; 'The house has been far out to sea all night' and 'I scaled along the house side' just two of the countless metaphors. Ted Hughes also uses plentiful amounts of similes; 'the wind is flexing like the lens of a mad eye', 'a black-back gull bent like an iron bar slowly' and 'the house rang like some fine green goblet'. This imagery causes a very unrealistic quality to be given to a natural occurrence. As well as this it allows you to have a very visual and sensual feeling towards the events in the poem,
Compare and contrast Hughes' portrayal of the swallow in 'Work and Play with that of the hawk in 'Hawk Roosting'.
Compare and contrast Hughes' portrayal of the swallow in 'Work and Play with that of the hawk in 'Hawk Roosting' Ted Hughes wrote both 'Work and Play' and 'Hawk Roosting', where birds play a prominent part and some similarities and differences can be found in their presentation. In 'Work and Play' the bird is a swallow being compared to human people and in 'Hawk Roosting' the bird is a Hawk where the poem is written from the hawks points of view. Similarities between the two birds are that they are both birds where flight and free will is described in both of the poems. Another similarity is that in both poems the birds are described as weapons. Ted Hughes mentions in 'Work and Play' that the swallow is a 'barbed harpoon', which is a weapon and suggests alertness similarly to the hawk's poem. The swallow's beak is described using the metaphor. In 'Hawk Roosting' the hawk is described as killing, which is like the hawk is being a weapon. The hawk is alert, similarly to the swallow, in the first verse where the hawk has it's eyes closed, but I think it is still alert as it says in the poem, 'Inaction, no falsifying dream,' so it is not asleep, but resting, ready to react if necessary. There are many more differences between the birds than similarities. One difference between the two poems what viewpoint we are seeing the birds from. The swallow from 'work and play' is
The company I have chosen to investigate is Jaguar.
Aims and Objectives The company I have chosen to investigate is Jaguar. Like every business Jaguar's aims and objective is to achieve a working environment capable of providing for continuous improvements in Quality and Cost. The aims of Jaguar are to also continue with the excellent quality in their cars. What Jaguar really wants like every business are profitability, company security, and job security. Like every business these are the aims that Jaguar include * Make a profit * Provide goods or services to the local or wider community * Survive as a business or expand * Maximise sales or improve the quality of a product or service * Provide a highly competitive service * Provide charitable or voluntary services * Be environmentally friendly Profitability Profit is the difference between what a business has earned and what it has spent over a given period. The profit is the amount you would be able to keep, or re-invest in the business. E.g. when Jaguar wanted to bring out a new car they carried out market research to see what kind of car the public wanted and from what they found out was that the public wanted a nice new cheap, affordable car. So now the had a rough idea on what the car was going to be like so then they decided to design this car that they new they from the market research they would make a lot of profit on. And now that they have bought
Which section of Ted Hughes ‘Grief’s for Dead Soldiers’ did you find the most interesting? Explain your answer by a close examination of this section and a comparison with the ideas he expresses in the rest of the poem.
Which section of Ted Hughes 'Grief's for Dead Soldiers' did you find the most interesting? Explain your answer by a close examination of this section and a comparison with the ideas he expresses in the rest of the poem. This poem is made up of three sections, each describing a different type of grief. This is why the title contains the word "grief's" because, although it is grammatically incorrect, it is saying that there is more than one type of grief. Each section describes a different type of grief, national grief, personal grief and, the one I found most interesting, practical grief. The first section, national grief, is about the unveiling of a cenotaph and the official silence that accompanies this. This section is mainly to glorify the dead and commemorate the soldiers that fought in the war. The first thing I noticed about this section is that it has very complicated vocabulary. Some of the complicated words used are, "cataclysm", "cenotaph" and "epitaph". He also uses many superlatives such as "monstrousness", "magnificent" and "stupendous". The reason Hughes does this is to make this section seem greater and more powerful. Hughes also includes lots of metaphors and similes to build up exaggerated images and descriptions. One of the similes Hughes uses is when he compares the crowds to a painting of terror, waiting for the approaching planet to end the world. One of
The poem Full Moon and Little Frieda is by Ted Hughes written about his daughter, Frieda, expressing themes such as childhood, innocence and discovery.
Essay By Benjamin Bloch The poem "Full Moon and Little Frieda" is by Ted Hughes written about his daughter, Frieda, expressing themes such as childhood, innocence and discovery. From the title, we can gather that the poem will involve a full moon. "Little Frieda" refers to his daughter. The fact that the word "little" is used tells us that Frieda is a very important to the author. From the first line, "A cool small evening", we can immediately feel the calmness of the rhythm. The use of a caesura directly afterwards puts an immediate focus on the line "And you listening". The word "you" involves the reader directly. "A spider's web, tense for the dew's touch." is not a very explanatory line. It leaves you nervous, waiting for the end of the story. It very much accentuates the silence and it shows us that it is set in the countryside. The word "pail" could also refer to something being pale, such as the moon and milk. The fact that the pail is "still and brimming" puts a real emphasis on the stillness of the evening. The alliteration in "To tempt a first star to a tremor" makes the sentence flow smoothly, but also gives us a further impression of tenseness. The fact that "cows are going home in the lane there" confirms that this is set in the countryside, possibly on a farm. The fact that the cows are in the "lane there" says immediately that the author is standing close
I have been studying two poems by Ted hughes which are Wind and Hawk Roosting There are many different aspects of nature in these poems and this essay explains how these aspects of nature are used.
I have been studying two poems by Ted hughes which are Wind and Hawk Roosting There are many different aspects of nature in these poems and this essay explains how these aspects of nature are used. Many different aspects of nature are presented in both poems but in different ways firstly a lot of metaphors and imagery is used in wind but there are neither of these to be found in Hawk Roosting I've chosen the following metaphor as an example: "The house has been far out at sea all night"obviously the house hasn't actually been out at sea but this idea gives us the impression that the wind combined with rain must have made it seem like the house was out at sea. Another example of how the aspects of nature are used is in the structure of the poems this is only really evident in Wind as at the end of certain lines for example lines 4 and 5 or lines 16 and 17 there is no punctuation this makes the reader rush on to the next verse as if the wind is uncontrolable. In Hawk Roosting no Imagery is used and the poem is controlled containing short sentences unlike Wind which has a lack of punctuation and structure. The Hawk in Hawk roosting is different for the black back gull in Wind which is said to be "Bent like an iron bar slowly" this gives the impression that the bird is weak wheras in Hawk Roosting the hawk is strong and streamlined much more than animal. The Hawk uses words
19th & 20th Century Birds of Poetry - The eagle is a poem with two verses made up of three lines each, so it is a very short poem compared to the Hawk, which has five verses, made up of four lines each.
9th & 20th Century Birds of Poetry The eagle is a poem with two verses made up of three lines each, so it is a very short poem compared to the Hawk, which has five verses, made up of four lines each. Alliteration is used in the Hawk although a lot more in the in the Eagle were there are three examples in the first line (Clasps, Crag, Crooked) and two in the second (Lovely, Lands). In the Hawk Roosting there're few examples of alliteration one in verse one, line three (Hooked, Head) the next in verse five with (arguments, assert,) Rhyme is not used much in the Hawk Roosting but more than the alliteration for example feet, eat in verse one. In verse two trees, bouncy, me. But in "The Eagle" there is a lot more rhyme and is set out in to a regular repeating rhyme scheme of a, a, a, for example hands, lands, stands and crawls, walls, falls. Where as in the Hawk Roosting there is no regular repeating rhyme schemes it is not constant. Both poems are about birds of prey but each poem shows a different aspect of the bird's life. In "The Eagle," Tennyson shows the god like image, almost indestructible. He does this by using lines like "And like a thunderbolt he falls." This refers to the ancient gods and gives you an image of a god throwing the eagle at its prey. Whereas in "The Hawk", the bird is almost referred to as a murderer, or at least a cold hearted killer, for example,
