Ted Hughes Flashcards
1
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Job?
A
Poet, translator and children’s author
2
Q
Century?
A
20th century
3
Q
Served in?
A
Royal air force
4
Q
Studied? Interest in?
A
Anthropology and archaeology at Cambridge, and developed interest in Mythology
5
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Prestige of ?
A
Poet Laureate
6
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Poetry inspired by?
A
Animals, nature, myth– unsentimental look at natural world
7
Q
Married whom 1956?
A
Sylvia Plath. Bad marriage. She committed suicide.
8
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Some famous Works?
A
The Hawk in the rain, The Thought-Fox and Birthday-letters collection
