The Pageant of Contemporary World in The Selected Poems of Ted Hughes: A Critical Analysis

Abstract

Abstract

It is a known fact that the situation or the circumstances in which an individual dwells moulds him or her in a particular way.The external environment plays an important role in the development of human personality. Thus the world in which human beings live, to a large extent shapes the individual and ultimately provides shape and structure to the society. Ted Hughes is a writer who in his poetry expresses that the pursuit of material benefits in modern times has led to the neglect and abuse of both the human soul and the natural world.