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Pike is beautiful by nature and at the same time it is meant to kill for its survival, which is the brutal fate of it. From growing the pikes in a glass jar and the dreadful experience of seeing a pike killing another, gives an overview of the poet’s experiences with Pike and the impact of it.
Like many of Hughes’ poems, ‘Pike’ focuses on the brutality of the natural world. Let’s take a closer look at this remarkable poem. Before we offer an analysis of its language and themes, here’s a stanza-by-stanza summary of the poem, which gives an idea of how the poem’s ‘argument’ develops.
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.
2 kwi 2013 · This poem focusses on the fish – describing it – and only later do we get the first person ‘we’ and ‘I’. However, the poet’s feelings about the fish are clear from the start. He uses positive language like ‘perfect’, ‘gold’ – which has connotations of precious wealth, as does ’emerald’.
20 maj 2013 · Ted Hughes. Summary: The poem is based on his childhood. As a child he often visited the lake (presumably so that his father can go fishing), of which there lived a huge pike in the deep part of the pond. It is the memory of such a place that acts as a foundation on which this poem was based upon.
The pike, the poet suggests, is ageless to the extent that it outlives its territory. On a formal level, the poem employs alliteration and an occasional internal rhyme ("perfect pike in all...
1 sty 1995 · Pike Lyrics. 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. Or...
