COMMENT IN DETAIL ON THE POEMS BY TED HUGHES. AS A FINAL CONCLUSION, CHOOSE TWO OTHER POEMS WHICH DEAL WITH THE SAME THEME AND DISCUSS AND COMPARE THEM WITH HUGHES' POEMS

The poems by Ted Hughes all have the same common theme, nature. He was born to a working class family in a small mining town in Yorkshire, and was obsessed with and became famous for describing the power and mystery of animals as well as the deep world of nature. Although these poems could be seen as a literary tradition, they could also be a vehicle for discussing other issues that are present in each …

…is probably the most hard-hitting and explosive one to read out of all five being discussed. Its powerful forward moving lines drive the reader forward with no pause. It goes further in its meaning - perhaps referring to the unknown that could compare with Roe-Deer, but it is something that could possibly happen if we had a nuclear war and the end of the Universe and life as we know it would be lost forever.