Questions tagged [ted-hughes]
Questions related to the English poet Ted Hughes (Edward James Hughes, 1930 – 1998) and his work. Hughes also published several translations of literary works. When asking about a poem, please use the [poetry] tag.
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The sparrowfall natural economy of the dark simple curatin
In "Criminal Ballad", Ted Hughes describes a chain of tragedies happening in parallel with a man's simple moments of life.
One of these is the following:
"And when he ran and got his toy ...
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A woman falling at a heave from the moon and the sun
In A Ted Hughes poem called "Criminal Ballad" (of the Crow collection), there's a usage of the word "heave" which I can't figure:
"A woman fell between the ship and the jetty
At a heave from the ...
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What does it mean to peer from a dewball?
In Ted Hughes' "Crow and the Birds", the lines before the ending read:
While the bullfinch plumped in the apple bud
And the goldfinch bulbed in the sun
And the wryneck crooked in the ...
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A sly parody of Eliot's later style
On a book named "The Poetry of Postmodernity" (written by Dennis Brown), on the chapter dedicated to Ted Hughes' Crow, the author comments (you can read it here):
Crow read like some checklist of ...
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What happens to Crow after communion?
In "Crow Communes", The lines following the communion - after Crow tore off a mouthful of God - describes the results of this act, in two phases.
At first, Crow seems unsure of what his act might ...
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What does it mean when spaces blow in Crow's ear cluelessly?
In "Crow Hears Fate Knock On The Door", The lines ending the second part of the song are:
He walked, he walked
Letting the translucent starry spaces
Blow in his ear cluelessly
I'm ...
