Question

Difference between ted hughes and other nature poets

Answer 1

Explanation:

Ted Hughes, a British poet of the post war era is very much fond of using animal imagery. For him, animal vitality is different from human beings. He compares the vitality of nature, projecting animal imagery. He shows interest in animals, birds and other natural phenomena. Hughes does not only give a realistic description of animals, but also builds up myths about those animals to enlarge and impart certain status to them. In this regard, he is a myth-maker too. Basically, he is a poet of natural vitality. Nature in its pure form is raw. The celebration of this coarse and rough vitality of nature is all visible in his poetry. Hughes’ view of nature is manifested in the poem Snowdrop collected in the volume of Lupercal. The poem has extreme brevity. The idea expressed in this poem is basic to Hughes’ whole philosophy of nature. Hughes is keenly aware of the nature’s cruelty and of the sufferings which animals and birds have to undergo despite the spirit of endurance nature has endowed them. Hughes’ view of nature is Melvillian rather than Wordsworthian. Hughes projects nature as a malign force.