Tag Archives: Ted Hughes

harbinger of black omens

She looks out her window and sees a moon, a church, and a black yew tree. They are beautiful images, but in her perception they do not invoke hope or curiosity or offer answers to her torments. Instead, the images … Continue reading

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guilt and forgiveness: “i” for you “thou” for me…

…and a bell jar in between.Innocence. Does it really exist? Or is it just a virtual good to be bartered with Faustus as another bad deal. Contextually, it is more about the ways individuals manufacture or construct a world of … Continue reading

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daddy: visionary times of memory

How do you deal with negative recurring themes through your life that end up instilling a deep pessimism? As a woman about choosing a spouse who holds the same detested personality traits as a disliked father.Take Sylvia Plath:” Trying to … Continue reading

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ANGLING FOR LOVE: There’s A Memory On The End Of That Hook

(Ted )Hughes’s love of fishing was learned growing up in Yorkshire, but it became “a kind of metaphor for the creative act,” says Foss.”This idea of pulling something out of the darkness, into the light of consciousness.” ….He was an … Continue reading

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BAD MOON RISING: THE PEREGRINE PROPHECIES

”Shakespeare’s plays mirror the debate of his time between those who believed that the macrocosm of the stars influenced the microcosm of human life, and those who dismissed astrology as “excellent foppery.” The phrase comes from Edmund in King Lear, who … Continue reading

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ABSURD ENIGMAS & STIGMAS:SPILLING THE GUTS WITH THE BEANS

It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn’t enough to change my heart Now everything’s a little upside down, as a matter of fact … Continue reading

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