Consider Hughes' role as a poet.
Consider Hughes' role as a poet. Consider his intentions and the effect he aims to have on the reader. In particular look at his treatment of nature. The role of poets, I think, is to use their poems to get a message or an idea across to the reader. Each poet gets his/her message across in different ways. Hughes uses writing techniques for effect and powerful words. Most of his poems deal with strong ideas but you have to stop and actually think about the words in his poems to find what he trying to get across. Your first assumptions can be accurate but usually when you stop and look at the poem again the message becomes clearer. Some of poems' meanings can be different depending on who's reading it. For example: Hughes' poem 'Ghost Crabs' could have many different messages because it deals with something we don't know how to explain and don't have a name for. Other poems, like 'Wind', the idea that Hughes is trying to get across is quite clear. The poem 'Wind' deals with the idea that the force of nature intimidates human beings, that humans can be controlled by Nature. Nature is so strong (i.e. wind) that 'we grip our hearts'. Hughes sees Nature as a huge force that can shape how we act and how we exist. He almost personif
He makes the house seem almost fragile when, usually, we think that a house is a solid and safe object. He is trying to show us that this could be what was really going on. The words are short and clipped as if like commands. It almost gives the reader a spooky feeling, like they are being watched. This poem is basically about a person walking through the countryside on a cold November day. Hughes helps the reader to marvel at things that normally seem to us as something not really worth noticing. The technique that Hughes favours in this particular poem is the use of metaphors. Hughes, I think, looks at everything, especially in nature, with a very imaginative eye. He uses words like 'crashing, stampeding' and 'booming' to describe the Nature in the form of wind. He personifies the windows of the house making it almost seem like it is the winds eye that 'tremble to come in. ' He makes the wind seem almost menacing when he compares it to a sword, suggesting that, like a sword, it can spare life, maim life or even kill life when used with a force. He uses a hyphen to join to words together like 'bulb-light'. ' The force of the rain is so hard that it hits the ground and still has the energy to bounce back up again as if the raindrops were jumping, Hughes uses this contorted image to show how powerful the rain can be. This is a contradiction to the usual way of things. Many poems also reflect something of the poets' feelings and own views.
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