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The Pike by Ted Hughes is divided into three parts. The first part deals with his admiration for the ‘Pike’, which comes at the beginning of the poem where the poet describes the size and color of the Pike with its grandeur by nature. He then keeps on admiring the beauty and the presence of the fish in the water.
‘Pike’ is one of the best-known poems by the English poet Ted Hughes (1930-98). Published in his second collection, Lupercal , in 1960, the poem describes the fish known as the pike, which is depicted as deadly and dangerous: a force of nature which obeys its own rules.
7 paź 2023 · 'Pike' is a free verse poem of 11 stanzas, all quatrains, 44 lines in total. On the page, it looks rather neat and formal, as if the poet is looking for order and efficiency. Closer observation brings a varied line length within each stanza and no rhyme.
19 maj 2023 · The style of Ted Hughes' poem "Pike" is characterized by vivid imagery, metaphorical language, and a dark and foreboding tone. Hughes employs descriptive language to create vivid visual pictures of the pike and its surroundings, using metaphor and simile to draw striking comparisons.
The poem's sixteen stanzas begin with a physical description of the pike: it's "three inches long" with "green tigering the gold" (an especially poetic way to describe stripes).
29 mar 2013 · Don’t get put off by its size – if you break down Hughes’ Pike into logical sections, then this poem will make perfect sense. The basic shape is an exploration of identity in stanzas 1-4; personal experience in 5-7; and in stanzas 8-11, a shift in and reassertion of the pike’s power.
1 sty 1995 · Pike, three inches long, perfect / Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold. / Killers from the egg: the malevolent aged grin. / They dance on the surface among the flies.
