All the richness of the wild is seen through the poet's eye. Here are poems from Hawk in the Rain, Wodwo, Wolfwatching, Lupercal and River as well as from Adam and the Sacred Nine, their juxtaposition highlighting the variety of the natural world and of Hughes's poetry about it.
A March Calf: Collected Animal Poems, Volume 3
โ Scribed by Ted Hughes
- Book ID
- 111097644
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780571350254
- ASIN
- B07J5QDJ9L
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
From the trembling new-born calf in Season Songs to the gently sleeping one recorded in Moortown Diary, animal life as observed in the pages of Flowers and Insects, Elmet, River, Lupercal and Hawk in the Rain is seen afresh through the diversity and imaginative energy of this collected volume.
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