TED HUGHES’ POEMS AS THE PESSIMISTIC MIRROR OF NATURE
FARIA TASNIM CHOWDHURY

B.A. (Hons.) in English Language and Literature, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh E-mail: faria.pial29@gmail.com https://doi.org/10.33329/rjelal.7119.122

Abstract

Generally, Hughes doesn’t make room for romantic ideas in his writing. It rather discloses the underlying raw-rough practice of nature. His style of imagination is also led that way. He tends to be attached to wildness more than wilderness. He portrays the nature that spins its own offspring on its finger instead of adoring in its lap. It is indifferent to any kind of appeal. Thus, shifting of autocratic power is depicted in his workings. However, the dog-eat-dog situation of nature is justified because the elements are simply the subject of food chain. The violence of nature cannot be subdued by external imprisonment as it is something innate. It seems Hughes himself is aware of how adversely he presents nature to us, which is evident when he dreams a fox on behalf of nature, laying a bleeding hand on the blank page of his desk, pleading to stop destroying them. Key Words: Autocracy, Annihilation, Indifferent Nature, Shift of power, Law of Existence.

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