poem "Crow Tyrannosaurus"
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"Crow Tyrannosaurus" is a darkly imaginative poem from Ted Hughes’s Crow sequence, blending mythic violence and stark, surreal imagery to explore themes of creation, power, and brutality.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crow Tyrannosaurus | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Ted Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Crow ⓘ |
| character | Crow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Ted Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
cosmic struggle
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grotesque transformation ⓘ mythic violence ⓘ |
| explores |
cosmic indifference
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dehumanization ⓘ limits of language ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCollection | Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental poetry
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalAllusion |
Christian myth
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creation myths ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Crow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imageryType |
animal imagery
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apocalyptic imagery ⓘ body imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allegory
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grotesque imagery ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Postmodern poetry ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Crow sequence ⓘ |
| partOf | Crow ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | late 1960s–early 1970s ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Birthday Letters
NERFINISHED
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Lupercal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
darkly imaginative
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mythic tone ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| theme |
brutality
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creation ⓘ myth ⓘ power ⓘ suffering ⓘ survival ⓘ the nature of evil ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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ironic ⓘ violent ⓘ |
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