Advantages: Unusual descriptions and a brilliant example of great poetry. Disadvantages: The collection cannot be read as a whole, but might be most enjoyable when one 'dips into' it.
Having enjoyed reading a selection of Ted Hughes’s work, I learnt that much of his inspiration derived from his marriage with Sylvia Plath. Curiosity killed the cat, I decided to buy this collection of poems by Plath and had a good read of it. In comparis ...
Advantages: All his published poems plus a couple of others, all in one volume Disadvantages: The notes are copious but irrelevant to most readers with no explanations on the text
"Wales: The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it!"
Not my words but those of one of Wales' favourite, though somewhat flawed sons, Dylan Thomas. Thomas was one of, not just that country's but the World's best poets and following his death, his ...
Advantages: Dark and wondrous. Disadvantages: Kinda short. Leaves you wanting more...
...Overview Crow: From the life and songs of the Crow is a collection of poems detailing the life of fictional character Crow, written in 1970 by former poet laureate Ted Hughes. It is regarded as one of the crowning achievements of a long and distinguishe ...
Advantages: Intensely profound and thought provoking poetry. Disadvantages: Dark and gloomy.
There are few collections of poetry which are as brutal and daring as this. Crow, to me, represents the ego. These poems explore our relationship with Nature and come to the conclusions that the world is a brutal and harsh place.
From Crow's Theology: ...
