Fond farewell to a master of metaphor Life And Times, 2 Edition
THE Christmas card, with its cellophane wrapping intact, lay unwritten in my drawer. The person for whom it was meant will not be there to receive it when I post it to a farmhouse in distant North Tawton, Devonshire. My hero, British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, died of liver cancer on Oct 28 before I...
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| Published in | New Straits times |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Kuala Lumpur
The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad
26.12.1998
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| Summary: | THE Christmas card, with its cellophane wrapping intact, lay unwritten in my drawer. The person for whom it was meant will not be there to receive it when I post it to a farmhouse in distant North Tawton, Devonshire. My hero, British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, died of liver cancer on Oct 28 before I had the chance to congratulate him for winning the Forward Poetry Prize. The significance of Hughes' poetry in the advancement of modern verse cannot be underestimated. Not only has he revived the pastoral trend in literature, but his natural gift for metaphors and his role as a perspicacious chronicler of state occasions have given aesthetic pleasure to many. |
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