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Where is the speaker at the beginning of "The Thought Fox", what time is it, and which objects does he notice?
Look at the first two stanzas: the time, the room and the view.
Justify the title "The Thought Fox".
Ask what kind of fox could enter a person's head.
At what time of day is "The Thought Fox" set?
It is the darkest, quietest hour.
What is the speaker doing in the poem?
Think about the blank page and the moving fingers.
Answer the following with reference to the second stanza, in which the speaker looks out of the window and senses a presence coming nearer, yet deeper in the darkness. (a) What does the speaker see through the window? (b) Explain the apparent contradiction of something coming nearer while being deeper in the dark. (c) What is this presence entering? (d) What mood does the stanza create?
Read "nearer" as nearer to awareness, and "deeper" as deeper in the mind.
Compare the ways in which Ted Hughes presents animals in "The Thought Fox" and "Pike".
Compare the animals' nature, the way each emerges from darkness, and the tone of each ending.
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