Pike Ted Hughes Essay -- English Literature

Pike Ted HughesChoose a poem you studied recently which challenges the reader to viewsomething well-known(prenominal) in a new and thought provoking way.PikeTed HughesStanzas one to four of the poem are there to describe the Pike, itsnature, what it looks like and its draw in nature as a predator.The poet, Ted Hughes, in writing this poem challenges the reader toview nature in a totally new view by exploring the power andviolence in it by using one animal in river life, the Pike, since thePike is the supreme species of fish in river life he uses it to fullextend to show the power and violence of nature. Hughes starts thepoem with Pike, three inches long, perfect using this as a start todescribing the Pike, he begins to build up the Pikes image as apredator, always being a predator with no change required throughevolution so using perfect as another way of saying that thepike was designed perfectly as a predator and will never conduct tochange as it will always remain supreme in its habitat. Pike in allparts, green tigering the gold the use of the word tigering bounteousa comparison of the Pike to the tiger, completely different creaturesbut in their own worlds they are just as deadly as each other, theTiger being supreme in the jungle just as the Pike is supreme in theriver. Killers from the egg using this Hughes re-enforces his pointof the Pike being innate(p) to killer, always meant to be a predator. Themalevolent aged grin the poet strongly uses malevolent to catch thereader and fully describe the evil that the Pike is designed for, evensince the moment of birth the Pikes features have already been agedwith the evil, menacing look, to show its potential fo... ...move, thestill splashes on he muddied pond. Assuming that the poet was on asmall boat owls hushing the floating woods he hears the owls in thewoods that seems to float as he sits on this boat, frail on my earagainst the dream just managing to hear the owls as the only noise -almost as if the owls hushing the rest of the woods to be silent,adding much fear to this trip just keeping him aware of this worldthat seems so much like a dream. Darkness beneath nights unfairnesshad freed this meaning the darkness of the water beneath the nightsdarkness and also the darkness of the Pike, as darkness is associatedwith evil, now moving freed under him, that rosiness slowly towards me,watching. The pike, the evil slowly rising towards him watching hisevery move, he makes it as if the pike seeing him as prey, slowlyapproaching him, ready to strike.