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‘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.
‘Pike’ is a poem of forty lines which consists of ten stanzas written in quatrains. The poem can be divided into three parts: Part One – The poet’s admiration and description of the ‘Pike’ Part two – Poet’s experience with Pikes’ Part three – Poet’s Fishing experience in the Pond Stanza One. Pike, three inches long, perfect
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 move ...
Analysis. PDF Cite Share. Sarah Goodale, M.A. | Certified Educator. Ted Hughes' poem "Pike" has as its subject a species of freshwater fish that the poet used to encounter when fishing at a...
19 maj 2023 · Stanza-wise summary of the poem "Pike" by Ted Hughes. Stanza 1: The poem begins with a description of the pike, a small yet perfect fish. Its green and gold markings are likened to a tiger's pattern. The pike is introduced as a malevolent creature that dances on the water's surface among flies.
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 lis 2013 · Pike by Ted Hughes is a poem in which the persona's observation of the natural world provokes the realization of how human beings have been wrongly imposing their own angle of vision and interpretation to the world of animals, where nothing of human perspective and understanding can apply.