Question

Discuss the animal imagery in Ted Hughes' poetry.

Answer 1

The time has been lapsed but the style of depiction is not different than the past. It was the time when Aesop used animals, for the purpose of conveying a message to his readers. The trend is still followed by number of writers but with a little improvement in it. Animal imagery is still favourite of many writers. Ted Hughes is one of the famous writers among the lovers of animals. Symbolic significance of animal imagery has been developed but the purpose remained unchanged. There are a lot of animal lovers but Ted Hughes is prominent among them. His work is remarkable because of the use of animal imageries. It is not only animal imagery, due to which Ted Hughes is considered as greatest poet of every era but also its symbolic representation. In fact, every single image, used by the poet, is praise worthy and has unique message or meaning attached to it. He, closely observes animals and depicts a truthful and vivid picture, which is extraordinarily amazing. He has wide collection of animal imageries; starting from fishes and ending at foxes. Scroll the list of animal imagery, made by Ted Hughes, and you will be amazed by seeing the largest animal imagery list in the history of literature. Beside Ted Hughes, D. H. Lawrence was also a great animal lover but Hughes observation was different from him in every sense. Hughes starts a poem by illustrating a simple image of an animal and then thematically explains his subject through the technique of symbolism. He does not only create images of animals but also uses them as metaphors in order to clear his point of view to the readers. Take any poem of this writer and you will see the skillful interpretation of animal imagery with the combination of symbolism.

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