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Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow
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This collection. What can I say? It's beautiful, and one that I really want to re-read very soon, because I feel like each reading will bring me a brand new experience.
I'd never read any of Ted Hughes poetry before, and frankly I have fallen in love. Never have I experienced such a dark, gritty collection. The poems in this collection for the most part follow the character of Crow, who is grotesque, horrific, yet not unfeeling at certain points. There was a lot of very dark humour in this collection which I really loved, and a lot of surprisingly sexually explicit moments (although it was published in 1970, later than I thought so I guess it's maybe not so surprising).
I will definitely be checking out more Ted Hughes, and I would recommend this Faber edition specifically as it has some poems that were not included in the original publication, some of which were fantastic editions. A beautiful collection that has got me excited about poetry all over again.
I'd never read any of Ted Hughes poetry before, and frankly I have fallen in love. Never have I experienced such a dark, gritty collection. The poems in this collection for the most part follow the character of Crow, who is grotesque, horrific, yet not unfeeling at certain points. There was a lot of very dark humour in this collection which I really loved, and a lot of surprisingly sexually explicit moments (although it was published in 1970, later than I thought so I guess it's maybe not so surprising).
I will definitely be checking out more Ted Hughes, and I would recommend this Faber edition specifically as it has some poems that were not included in the original publication, some of which were fantastic editions. A beautiful collection that has got me excited about poetry all over again.
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Birthday letters is really good too!
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Yes! I can't wait to read this :) birthday letters is one of my favourites!
Very cool, Vanessa! It's awesome that you loved this collection so much! I will have to purchase it soon! I have read a little bit of Sylvia Plath's poetry but nothing by Ted Hughes. :)
