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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, stunned by their own grandeur, Over a bed of emerald, silhouette Of submarine delicacy and horror. A hundred feet long in their world. In ponds, under the heat-struck ...
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...
‘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
The Poetry Archive acquires and preserves recordings of poets reading their own work out loud. Ted Hughes was born in a small village in Yorkshire in 1930. As a little boy, he loved animals. He would spend his free time in the countryside that surrounded his home, observing the wildlife that lived there. As a teenager, Ted knew that he wanted ...
Pike (with Introduction) 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, stunned by their own grandeur, Over a bed of emerald, silhouette. Of submarine delicacy and horror.
19 maj 2023 · In Ted Hughes' poem "Pike," the speaker delves into the eerie and mesmerizing world of the pike, a predatory fish. The poem explores the pike's menacing presence, its grandeur in its watery realm, and its ability to strike fear into other creatures.
‘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.
