Analysis of Pike by Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes’s poem “Pike” differs from the other poems that were written during the Romanticism Era. While other poets wrote about the beauty of the nature that surrounds them, Ted Hughes described nature as he sees it. “Pike”, like many of his other poems, shows the roughness and the realistic side of nature. To successfully convey the image of a rough and realistic nature, Hughes uses the technique of imagery and poetic devices, alongside his own powerful emotions. Hughes uses the pike as the subject of his poem to portray nature. He begins his poem by describing the pike’s physical features (Pike, three inches long, perfect / Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold). The poem starts with a young, beautiful pike dancing in the water. ... The pike now has prominent jaws and fangs that are hooked. ... This implies that the surroundings play a part in shaping the personality of the pike.