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In which collection does “Pike” appear, in what year was it published, and what is its subject?
Think of Hughes's second book, which followed The Hawk in the Rain.
Describe the form of “Pike”, mentioning stanza length and rhyme.
Count the lines in a stanza in your copy, and listen for rhyme at the line ends.
In which collection does “Pike” appear?
It is the collection that won the Hawthornden Prize.
Which description best fits the form of “Pike”?
Count the lines in a stanza and listen for rhyme.
Write one paragraph of about 110 words on language and devices in “Pike”, using Device, Evidence, Effect. Leave brackets where you would insert evidence from your own copy.
Give each device its own sentence, with evidence and then its effect on meaning, mood or sound.
Write a conclusion of about 90 words evaluating “Pike”, and explain why it ends with the speaker's fear and not with a moral.
Say why a moral would weaken a poem whose subject is the amoral violence of nature.
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