Thrushes (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ted Hughes
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
The Poem
“Thrushes” paints a picture of birds as efficient, instinctive killing machines. The poet is observing some thrushes on his lawn; the observations lead him to contrast them to human beings, such as himself, whose best acts seem produced by the suppression of such energies as the birds display, and at enormous cost.
The poet looks at the thrushes hunting for food, such as worms, slugs, and beetles, in his yard. Normally, thrushes are associated with domesticity or song, certainly with nature tamed. Instead, Hughes sees them, no less than the hawk in his poem...
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