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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
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.
Summary. "Pike" is a poem comprised of eleven stanzas of four lines each. There is no rhyme scheme. The poem's subject is the pike (a type of fish): the speaker describes pike in general and...
Ted Hughes' poem "Pike" has as its subject a species of freshwater fish that the poet used to encounter when fishing at a large old pond in England. The poet highlights both the pike's...
Line-by-line Analysis of ‘Pike’ by Ted Hughes – Ted Hughes makes his passion for angling very evident in the poem. The poem can be divided into three distinct parts (1) the description of the fish (2) the description of its natural habitat (3) its predatory and cannibalistic nature. 1) The poet opens with a description of the fish.
The “Pike” is a free verse poem consisting of 11 stanzas, all being quatrains. From the first strophe, the reader can see how the pike is at the heart of a culture of fear in the pond. On line 3, the imagery’ killers from the egg’ expresses the innate violence of the pike.
