Life and works of Ted Hughes

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Edward James Hughes (Ted Hughes) was born on the 17th of August 1930 in the little town of Mutholmroyd in west riding region of Yorkshire in England. his father William Hughes was a carpenter but he joined the army in the course of world war 1. he fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula in April 1915. he was one of the only 17 survivors of the batallion. when Ted was 7, the family moved to Moxborough, a coal mining town in south Yorkshire.
Hughes attended Moxborough grammar school. then he went to University of Cambridge. he did national service for 2 years as a wireless mechanic in the Royal Air Force. at Cambridge University, English literature was his main subject of study. there he switched over to archaeology and anthropology. there he met an American girl Sylvia plath in 1956 and married her. in 1957 Hughes published THE HAWK IN THE RAIN. he went with Sylvia plath to America. in 1960 he and his wife returned to England. their first child Frieda Rebecca was born in 1960. a second child, a boy named Nicholas Ferrer. was born in 1962. the couple separated in 1963 and Sylvia committed suicide. in 1967 he published WOODWO. in 1970 Hughes married Carol orchard. in 1970 he joined some writers to form THE ARVON FOUNDATION. He published CROW in 1970, SEASON SONGS in 1974, GAUDETE in 1977, CAVE BIRDS in 1978, REMAINS OF ELMET in 1979 and THE RIVER in 1983.
THE THOUGHT FOX is another of his famous poetry. this poetry was shaped by the Cambridge English school. WIND is another poem.
Hughes is fascinated by the savagery of nature he is a great poet of animals. he is a myth maker. he is a poet of violence. he mentioned the tragic aspects of war.
Hughes published the first collection of verse in 1957. it was THE HAWK IN THE RAIN. the poems in this volume are
THE HAWK IN THE RAIN,
THE THOUGHT FOX,
THE JAGUAR, SOLILOQUY,
THE HORSES,
EGG HEAD
THE MARTYRDOM OF BISHOP FARRAR
he published LUPERCAL in 1960. the poems in this volume are
MAYDAY ON HOLDERNESS
ESTHER'S TOM CAT
HAWK ROOSTING
THE BULL MOSS
CAT AND MOUSE
VIEW OF A PIG
NOVEMBER
AN OTTER
WITCHES
THRUSHES
SNOWDROP
PIKE
CLEOPATRA TO THE ASP
LUPERCALLA
He published WODWO in 1967. the poems in this volume are
THISTLE
GHOST CRABS
BOOM : BAR ROOM TV
SECOND GLANCE AT A JAGUAR
FERN
THEOLOGY
GOG
KREUTZER SONATA
OUT
SKYLARKS
PIBROCH
THE HOWLING OF WOLVES
WODWO
Ted Hughes published CROW in 1970. the poems in this volume are.
EXAMINATION AT THE WOMB DOOR
A CHILDISH PRANK
CROW 'S FIRST LESSON
CROW ALIGHTS
SONG FOR A PHALLUS
CRIMINAL BALLAD
CROW TRIES THE MEDIA
CROW' S UNDER SON
FRAGMENT OF AN ANCIENT TABLET
NOTES FOR A LITTLE PLAY
SHANE HYMN
LOVESONG
THE LOVEPET
THAT MOMENT
CROW HEARS FATE KNOCK ON THE DOOR
CROW TYRANNOSAURUS
THE BLACK BEAST
CROW 'S ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE
CROW ON THE BEACH
CROW AND THE SEA
CROW' S FALL
CROW GOES HUNTING
CROW 'S PLAYMATES
APPLE TRAGEDY
CROW' S LAST STAND
GAUDETE is Ted Hughes long narrative poem.
His CAVE BIRDS was published in 1978. it contains
THE EXECUTIONER
THE KNIGHT
BRIDE AND GROOM
THE RISEN
REMAINS OF ELMET was published in 1979. it contains
WHEN MEN GOT TO THE SUMMIT
FOOTBALL AT SLACK
DEAD FARMS
DEAD LEAVES
HEPTONSTALL OLD CHURCH
HEPTONSTALL CEMETRY
MOOR TOWN was published in 1979. it contains
ROE DEER
RAVENS
SHEEP
OWL
DOVE CAME
AND THE PHOENIX HAS COME
THE SONG

THE RIVER was published in 1983. it contains two poems AN OCTOBER SALMOM and THAT MORNING. 

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