Commentary On Thistle By Ted Hughes
Commentary On Thistle By Ted Hughes Ted Hughes was born in 1930 and since then throughout his life many wars have occurred during this time. Ted Hughes's poem Thistle portrays the events of war and what it truly represents. Simply the title itself 'Thistle' is an exceptional word, which adequately suites the poems image for the reason being that the first icon the reader captures is a sharp pain afflicting object. A thistle is a sharp pointed plant, a harsh plant, cold and pointy only there to damage its surroundings in exposure. This idea and image of war being like the formidable injuring spikes of a thistle that Hughes presents is supported throughout the poem by a selection of dextrous language. The first two stanzas use a powerful and fierce form of language such as 'spike', 'crackle', 'splintered', and 'Icelandic frost'. All these words are strong fierce words that are inharmonious. This may be perhaps to show the description of war itself the actual event or field. Whereas stanzas three and four uses a less forceful quality of words such as 'pale hair', 'grow grey', 'sons appear'. This divergent form of language is softer and calmer, which diverts the poem towards the events after the war and what happens to the soldiers after the county has used them up in their battle for freedom. This point of the split stanzas can be supported by the layout of the poem. The
Using a Selection of 20th Century Poems Compare and Contrast the Treatment of Nature and the Environment In the Works of the Poets You Have Chosen
USING A SELECTION OF 20TH CENTURY POEMS COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TREATMENT OF NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORKS OF THE POETS YOU HAVE CHOSEN In the first half of the 20th century the main form of entertainment in the home was still reading books and poetry. Not many people had televisions even when they were first invented so poetry was a much more important part of peoples' recreation. Despite the increase in new modern technology much poetry was about nature or used nature in a variety of ways to portray other meanings to the poem or emotions. A lot of poetry was also written about the environment around people which is always changing. The poets showed how they saw the world themselves. Many more of the poems than in the 19th century or before were very personal. More poets wrote about their lives and childhood or about what they thought about certain issues. This was interesting very often and was very popular. Some of the poets such as Sylvia Plath also had very deep personal troubles and this was shown in the poems. This also made a more interesting read for many people because it was new and different. In this coursework piece I will analyse some poems written in the earlier part of the 20th century and compare them. I will look at the ways in which each poem has used nature and the environment. The poems I have chosen to study are "Blackberrying" by Sylvia
Examine the significance and treatment of the natural world in the poetry of one or more writers from the module. The poets Ted Hughes and Dylan Thomas.
EN1 014 - Twentieth-Century English Poetry - An Introduction Martin Matthews Total Words - 1713 Word used in Quotes - 203 Word Count - 1510 Examine the significance and treatment of the natural world in the poetry of one or more writers from the module. The poets Ted Hughes and Dylan Thomas both explore the beauty of the natural world and at the same time the cruelty and violence contained in it. This is apparent in Hughes's poem 'Pike'. Pike, Three inches long, perfect Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold. Hughes uses the opening two lines of the poem to express the magnificence of the pike and how the pike would seem to be 'perfect' in every way. Killers from the egg the malevolent aged grin In the third line due to the introduction of 'killers' Hughes breaks the 'perfect' image of the Pike in the poem. The audience is made to realise due to the juxtaposition of beauty and violence, that this perfect creation of nature is made to kill and destroy other 'perfect' creations. Of course it could be said that the pike is a 'perfect' killer, so therefore the pike is still perfect, the perfect predator. They dance on the surface among the flies. Or move, stunned by their own grandeur, Over a bed of emerald, silhouette Of submarine delicacy and horror. The above quote is an example of the contrast between the beauty and ugliness of nature. When Hughes
The similarity between the appeals and aspects of car ads.
The similarity between the appeals and aspects of car ads Advertising has several ways of getting into people's mind, such as ads in newspapers, magazines and TV. The ads in magazines can be very different in their appearance and their appeals to the consumer, but if we put together three products of the same kind, we will see that the objectives of each of the ads are really similar but they try to get peoples attention in different ways. All the ads I choose are from cars. But these are cars that are done for a certain group of people, with a good income and life status. There are different signs and symbols, and many important things in each ad, which sometimes are not seen by people, but have effects on people when they look at the ad. These three ads are from three different manufacturers and different publishers. All of them are trying to get the attention of the same type of people and with the same objective, making the people get the car, and that is why they concentrate in the same needs and aspects. In one hand, Jaguar ad is in some sort of way strange. The ad is composed by a central image of the car, and then of several pictures with people and places with the car too. It has dark colors, almost making it hard to see at the beginning, but they give the impression of peace and harmony all around the car. It uses shadows of green and gray in all of the pictures.
Ted Hughes's predatory poems.
Monday 1st October 2001 Xavier H Keenan 148 Ted Hughes's predatory poems. Hughes writes brilliant meaningful poems about predators. He likes to get across to the reader all the mean sides of the animal, like thrushes, you don't expect them to be such a predatory animal until you read the poems and then, you do begin to realise. For example, the Jaguar; it is so different to all the other animals in the zoo and isn't as boring, slow or dull as any of the other creatures. It seems to have a mind and a radical imagination of it's own. Hughes describes this beast in so many uncountable ways and you don't think of it like he does! You really can picture it in your head and they all make you imagine what's happening, the Jaguar is a prime example, like 'apes yawn .... in the sun! Every word counts in these poems, if for example a line or even a verse was skipped, it would be a bit tragic and it would turn the whole of the poem around. It is vital for each poem verse to be there to explain the poem, like in jaguar again, if you took out the first verse, then it wouldn't really be very good, because you need the detail of the yawning apes and the shrieking parrots to show how fierce and wilful the jaguar is. All the four poems that I was given have got some many things in common with each other and this adds to Hughes's uniqueness in his poems. They all have the same sort of
Critical Commentary on The Though-Fox written by Ted Hughes.
Critical Commentary on The Though-Fox The Thought-Fox, is one of a number of animal poems written by Ted Hughes. In this poem he uses the extended metaphor of a fox to represent his inspirations and ideas. By describing the movements and actions of the fox, we are taken through step by step how this, and perhaps other poems were written. The first stanza immediately introduces us to the setting of the poem and to the poet himself. It is "midnight", which is the most mysterious time of night, and he is imagining this "moment" in the "forest". The alliteration of the 'm' sounds found in "imagine this midnight moment" creates a harmonious sound which mirrors the setting it is describing. This is the unreal setting which then continues throughout the poem and contrasts with the real, domestic setting of "clock" ticking. A "forest" is a wild place where anything can happen, which leads us to think that it is a metaphor for the speaker's mind, or imagination. The colon found after the word "forest" creates the sense that a list will follow but at the same time separates the two settings. As he says that "something else is alive beside the clock's loneliness", we get the feeling that he is completely alone with only the "clock" to keep him company. We learn that he is a writer as he moves his "fingers" around "this blank page". Because the "page" is "blank", we can tell that at
Compare and contrast the two poems: 'Turkeys Observed' - (Seamus Heaney), and 'View of a Pig' - (Ted Hughes).
Hannah Williams 10D Poetry Essay 'Turkeys Observed' - Seamus Heaney 'View of a Pig' - Ted Hughes Compare and contrast the two poems: 'Turkeys Observed' - (Seamus Heaney), and 'View of a Pig' - (Ted Hughes). In the two poems - 'Turkeys Observed' and 'View of a Pig', the titles are very similar. ''View'' and ''Observed'' - to examine, and to watch. This gives the reader the impression that the poets were very attentive to the detail of the animals - and so made the poem more interesting. The main comparison between the two poems is that they are both about animals. One is about a ''Pig'' and the other about a ''Turkey''. Also they are similar because both animals are dead - this makes us feel pity for them, though Hughes does not seem to: ''I thumped it without feeling remorse''. The content of the poems contrast because one of them pity's the dead animal - Heaney: ''One observes them, one expects them; Blue-breasted in their indifferent mortuary''. And the other disrespects it and doesn't care - Hughes: ''It was just too dead. Just so much a poundage of lard and pork.'' There is also great contrast at the beginning of the poems in the first verse. Hughes mentions ''the pig'' in the very first line. He does this to get straight to the point and to give the impression that it is not worth lingering over. Whereas
Esthers Tomcat by Ted Hughs.
Michelle Moran 4F1 Esther's Tomcat Essay "Esthers Tomcat" by Ted Hughs is a lively and descriptive poem that tells you about the different sides and natures of cats. The poet uses many different figures of speech such as alliteration , similies and asonance to contrast the elegant and violent sides of this creature. The first line of the poem is very important. The first word "Daylong" has long stresses to help you notice how long the cat lies there for. "This tomcat" invites you into the poem. It is saying "this tomcat lying right here." "Stretched" also has long stresses to emphasise how far the cat is stretched out. The next line describes the way the cat looks. "Flat as an old rough mat." This gives me the impression that the tomcat's fur is sticking out this way and that. But it also describes the strength of the cat "Rough," shows us that the cat is very rough when fighting and also how strong he is when fighting. "Rough" also describes how he feels when you stroke him. This is also effective use of a similie. "Continual wars and wives are what Have tattered his ears and battered his head" This part of the poem tells us how many fights the tomcat has been in. "Wars and wives," is a good use of alliteration. It shows us the most important part of the sentence, again emphasising the amount of fights and the amount of "wives" he has had. In the next line, we are
Compare how Ted Hughes writes about animals in two of his poems.
Compare how Ted Hughes writes about animals in two of his poems. You should think about: * the way the animals are portrayed * the words and images Hughes employs * how you respond to the animals in the poems Below is a possible answer to the question above. It is not a model answer, and has several things wrong with it, but would achieve a grade C in the English literature exam. Read through the answer and try to see why it should gain a C. Here are the criteria it needs to match. * Sustained knowledge of text * Structured response to task * Personal involvement/empathy * Appropriate comment on meaning/style * Effective use of reference/supporting textual detail * Sustained comment on social/cultural/historical issues or context Response In both "Work and Play" and "Hawk Roosting" Ted Hughes writes about birds. Both the hawk and the swallow are portrayed as beautiful creatures. The hawk is described as an extremely violent and arrogant animal that believes it is god ("I hold creation in my foot"). Hughes allows the reader to see that the bird is quite foolish, as we obviously know that it is not as powerful as it thinks it is. Hughes makes his hawk a very violent creature with its "allotment of death". This is quite shocking and almost repulsive. In contrast to the arrogant and almost repulsive attitude of the hawk, the swallow is portrayed as a
To Paint a Water Lily - Ted Hughes believed that nature is far more violent and dangerous than man realises - How did he communicate this message in the poem?
To Paint a Water Lily Ted Hughes believed that nature is far more violent and dangerous than man realises. How did he communicate this message in the poem? The writer makes a deceptive start. He deceives us and misleads us to a rather different conclusion than his. Our initial impression is that we will be told how to paint a water lily whilst an artist is painting one. It also makes me think of Monet's Water- lilies. In my mind I picture a beautiful lake shaded by large leafy willow trees, a bridge dominating the view and an army of dragonflies over a lily filled pond. It is an idyllic view. However it is not the impression formed by the poet Ted Hughes. Ted Hughes wants us to understand his view of nature by describing it as an arena, "the flies furious arena", which makes me think of an ancient Roman arena, where gladiators fought to the death of their opponents. In Ted Hughes' mind, the flies are no different from the gladiators. It paints a much darker picture than the impression given by the title. The flies fight their prey to the death, not for entertainment but for survival. Ted Hughes however portrays this as entertainment, as in ancient Roman spouts, to spectators when it is not. He tells us that it is a fast efficient killer, " First observe the air's dragonfly, that eats meat, that bullets by". When the dragonflies are in the arena they are without
