DEPICTION OF THE VIOLENT SIDE OF NATURE IN TED HUGHES’S HAWK ROOSTING AND PIKE

Ted Hughes is one of the major nature poets in English Literature. However, he is different from other poets in terms of his attitude towards nature and its depiction in his poetry. He puts focus on the violent, destructive aspect of nature in his poetry. He had a wide knowledge of nature and its inhabitants. Hence there is realistic description of birds and beast in his poetry. He is more interested in the ruthless, destructive side of nature. Therefore, we find the depiction of this side of nature in his poetry. The present paper aims at bringing out the depiction of the violent side of nature in Ted Hughes’s poetry with reference to two of his major poems ‘Hawk Roosting’and ‘Pike’.