Ted Hughes Quotes

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Ted Hughes was a renowned British poet, born on August 17, 1930, and passed away on October 28, 1998. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotional expression, and he is considered one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

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Famous Ted Hughes Quotes

“The brassy wood-pigeons Bubble their colourful voices, and the sun Rises upon a world well-tried and old.”

World Wells Voice Sun Woods Bubbles Pigeons Sun Rise Colourful

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“The sea cries with its meaningless voice, Treating alike its dead and its living”

Voice Sea Cry Meaningless

Author:Ted Hughes

“The inmost spirit of poetry, in other words, is at bottom, in every recorded case, the voice of pain – and the physical body, so to speak, of poetry, is the treatment by which the poet tries to reconcile that pain with the world.”

World Trying Body Pain Spirit Speak Voice Cases Poet Bottom Treatment Poetry Is Reconcile Physical Body

Book:Letters of Ted Hughes

Source: Letters of Ted Hughes

About the Author

Born: August 17, 1930
Died: October 28, 1998
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 70

Books & Sources

Letters of Ted HughesRelated source material

Birthday lettersRelated source material

The Iron ManRelated source material

LupercalRelated source material

Poetry in the Making: An AnthologyRelated source material

The Hawk in the RainRelated source material

A Ted Hughes Bestiary: Selected PoemsRelated source material

Collected Poems of Ted HughesRelated source material

Crow: From the Life and Songs of the CrowRelated source material

GaudeteRelated source material

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