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Language Usages in Ted Hughes’ Animal Poetry
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Abstract
Ted hughes is a British writer and poet laureate of the 20th century, who is famous for writing animal poetry based on his meticulous observation on animals since childhood. Poetry in hughes’ eyes is as an organic whole, which is just like the animals, or even beyond animals, and become a more eternal art that can be created by words. Ted Hughes is well versed in the use of language in his works. He advocates the accuracy of words in his animal poetry, because the right words can best convey the meaning; he advocates the unique use of grammar, which could give the seemingly thin text the power to travel through time and space; he advocates the musicality of animal poetry, because the aesthetic of rhyme can evoke the resonance of the reader’s multiple senses. Therefore, this article will focus on a few of Ted Hughes’ Animal poetry to analyze his unique writing style and intentions from the perspective of language usages.
Keywords
Ted Hughes, animal poetry, language usage
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Li,Y. (2023). Language Usages in Ted Hughes’ Animal Poetry. Communications in Humanities Research,20,7-12.
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