Sha’Lynn Ayler
Mrs. Cowan
Honor English 12 4th Block
20 February 2017
The Life of Ted Hughes In the “The Hawk in the Rain,” Ted Hughes writes, “I drown in the drumming ploughland, I drag up / Heel after heel from the swallowing of the earth’s mouth, / From clay that clutches my each step to the ankle / With the habit of the dogged grave, but the hawk/ Effortlessly at height hangs his still eye” ("News about Ted Hughes”). This is Hughes’ first and most accomplished collection to this day. During the twentieth century Hughes produced some of his most important works that became influential in todays’ society. Hughes was famous for his animal poems that was written for both adolescence and adult audiences. Ted Hughes’ works were
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Throughout Ted Hughes’ works his fascination with animals is vastly prevalent. During Hughes’ childhood his family moved to Mexborough when he was seven years old. The Hughes’ family resided in rural area. Hughes as well as his childhood friends would often interact with the animals within the community. He would capture birds, foxes, and fish for loaches. He developed a passion for animals at the early age of four when he was given a photographic book of animals on his fourth birthday. The book had descriptions of the animal’s history which was rather advanced for a young child. Hughes attempted to draw and copy the pictures within the book. He relished collecting living creatures, such as mice (Feinstein 8-9). In addition, with the influence of his brother Gerald Hughes, Ted Hughes had a desire for hunting and shooting animals, uncommon among the others that live in the village. According to London Times contributor Thomas Nye, Hughes once confessed “that he began writing poems adolescence, in his earlier years he had a passion for hunting animals, whether the animal was dead or trapped Hughes had an attraction to animals. He wanted to capture not just live animals, but the aliveness of animals in their nature state: their wildness, quiddity, the fox-ness of the fox and the crow-ness of the crow” (“Ted Hughes, Poetry”). In Hughes’ poems animals mirror mans’ inner turbulence. In his poem
Kay Ryan wrote her poem, “Turtle”, in 1994 while Langston Hughes wrote his poem, “Harlem (Dream Deferred)”, 43 years earlier. These two poems have distinct difference including their subjects. Ryan’s poem is about a turtle on the other hand Hughes’ poem is named after a neighborhood in New York City. If a reader of these poems looks more in detail and at the theme of these poems they will find more similarities than differences. The poems “Turtle” and “Harlem (Dream Deferred)” although seem very different on the surface, have many similarities with their theme and message.
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes is said to be one of his earliest and most anthologized poems to be written (Taylor-Thompson). Throughout the poem, Hughes puts extra importance on the river’s role in African American society. Hughes uses repetition, simile, and metaphor to support the poems theme of memory and the past.
Ted Hughes is using his words to inform the painter in a way that describes everything else but the lily. The painter is on a mission to create a painted depiction of a water lily in a pond. Ted Hughes is very fond of nature as he mentions various aspects of nature to create many images in our minds. However, the main aspect of the poem is surprisingly not the flower; it was the dragonfly. The dragonfly appears for the second time in stanza 3. “First observe the air’s dragonfly That eats meat, that bullets by” . The dragonfly is mentioned in stanzas 2-7 because of its role it plays on the environment. The reader and the painter may wonder “What does the dragonfly have to do with the water lily?” but Hughes shows us how important it is the more you read into the poem.
In 1789 the storming of the Bastille on the 14th of July signalled the start of a change in political history which would not only lead to half a decade of political unrest in France, but would also change the face of european history forever. From the spread of enlightenment ideology and the idea of true democracy, France was the centerpiece for radical political and social change in the 18th and 19th century.
Hughes realized that is was impossible to do what he wanted to do in one piece, so he composed a series of short poems that play effect off eachother. Western literacy thought values the long form, the novel in particular, as a statement of intellectual acheivement and implicity devalues short forms. For this reason a collection of short stories rarely recieves equal critical attention as does a novel by the same author. In order to make the long form stand out, the author is expected to demonstrate complexity of plot and character developement. But these and related concerns are simply a culturally biased valuation of a specific set of literacy devices, often at the expense of other devices (many of which center on the sounding of poetry on the page). In a very important sence, modern American poetry was moving toward painting, that is, a composition of words placed on a page, and away from music, that is, an articulation of words that have been both sense (meaning) and sound (emotion). Hughes clearly close to emphasize black music, which increasingly meant dealing with improvisation.
In “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”,” I Too”, “Dream Boogie”, and “Harlem”, Hughes promotes a change in society, and shares his beliefs through his poems. The ideas of abolishing racism and treating minorities as equals are present throughout these poems. Hughes’ work ranges between the mid- twentieth century to the late twentieth century. Although slavery was abolished in 1865, it left behind a legacy of racism (America’s Historical Documents). African Americans were metaphorically chained by the daily racial discrimination and prejudice they faced.
Poetry is like a museum. It encompasses a range of topics with innumerable specimens. However, it is constantly evolving like displays moving from city to city. The authors are the exhibits and their oeuvre may either stand the test of time or fade into oblivion. To stay relevant throughout the decades, a poet must possess some authoritative dominion over their genre, whatever it may be. Two of these lyricists whose work remains topical to this day are Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. Langston Hughes (1902-1967) told poignant tales which connected his personal experience to the overall state of African American livelihood in America. Conversely, Countee Cullen (1903-1946) spoke in the tradition of English Romantic poets, and was met with
That eats meat, that bullets by” The dragonfly is mentioned in stanzas 2-7 because of its role it plays in the environment. The reader and the painter may wonder “What does the dragonfly have to do with the water lily?” but Hughes shows us how important it is the more you read into the poem.
Neurons communicate with one another along a synapse. Neurons are excitable cells that are activated via electrical or chemical signals. Nerve cells are an integral part of the nervous system. Neurons are made up of three distinct parts. The three integral parts of the neuron are the cell body, the dendrites, and the axon. The cell body is the middle portion of the neuron and contains the nucleus. It also contains the organelles such as the endoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondria.
Nursing leadership sets the social climate of an institution. The relationship between nursing leadership and nursing retention will be discussed utilizing a relevant article. The findings will be illuminated upon and ideas will be brought forth to the governance body to support strong nurse leadership.
Miller, Baxter R. “The Art and Language Hughes.” On "The Weary Blues", The University Press of Kentucky, 1989, www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hughes/weary.htm.
Throughout his works, especially his poetry, Hughes also draws inspiration from music. He describes the blues as ‘“sad funny songs – too sad to be funny and too funny to be sad”’ as the songs hold ‘“laughter and pain, hunger and heartache”’ (Poetry Criticism). This point of view is noticeably reflected onto his poems when some stanzas are in the “form of the typical blues song” (Poetry Criticism). In other words, the stanza had two nearly identical lines followed by a third that contrasts the first two and this is seen in Same in Blues where he uses the repetition of the word “baby” in the first two lines. In his poetry, Hughes captures the voices, experience, emotions and spirit of the African Americans during this time. His poems have also been influenced by the Afro-American life essays written by W.E.B. DuBois and the black vernacular (DiYanni p.700-705). This is shown in Fine Clothes to the Jew, as Hughes addresses the hardship and struggle of urban African Americans in Harlem who left the deep south in hopes of achieving their American Dream. However,
Jeremy Thomas Mrs. Rothstein English 9H: Period 3 21 May 2015 Research Paper on the poem “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes Langston Hughes published “The Weary Blues” in 1926 when he was twenty-four, and the poem depicts his life in his own unique perspective as a struggling black man. (“Langston Hughes” 2 of 3). In the poem Hughes creates a speaker who is spending a night out and listens to a black man singing the blues. In one stanza, he illustrates a scene in which the African American singer expresses pride in his heritage, strength, soul, and the depth to which his emotions and spirituality reach. The imagery in the poem paints a very gloomy and melancholy atmosphere.
Jim Harrison and Jack Underwood are two completely different authors who share one thing in common; their poems involve a connection with animals. Jack Underwood writes how he does not care too much about the animals which is the poem called “Totem Pole” as he hunts them and then mentions “to appraise my work only” (Underwood). Jim Harrison writes the poem called “Man Dog” in which the main character cares for his animal so much that he even pretends to act like his animal. In both poems we experience the authors writing in first person and expressing a somewhat somber mood. Jim Harrison and Jack Underwood are both able to connect through animals and through the use of emotions as well as a deeper connection we see how two different poems
In “Hawk Roosting” by Ted Hughes, the speaker conveys a permanent nature of the world and expresses the need to preserve natures past. On the opposite spectrum of this idea, Mark Dory’s “Golden Retrievals” expresses the importance of the present. Both poems utilize diction and syntax to highlight their speakers’ differing personalities; however, while “Hawk Roosting” reveals a more arrogant, wise speaker, “Golden Retrievals” exhibits a youthful, friendly speaker.