The Thought-Fox
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The Thought-Fox is one of Ted Hughes’s most celebrated early poems, a vivid, nocturnal meditation on the mysterious process of poetic creation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorRole | Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (later in his career) ⓘ |
| author | Ted Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralImage | a fox entering the poet’s mind ⓘ |
| closingImage | the page is printed ⓘ |
| collection | The Hawk in the Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | one of Ted Hughes’s most celebrated early poems ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Hawk in the Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | single-stanza poem in free verse (often printed as multiple verse paragraphs) ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poem
ⓘ
metapoetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
fox’s paw-prints
ⓘ
nocturnal forest ⓘ snow ⓘ |
| includedIn | Ted Hughes’s Selected Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | post-war British poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century poetry ⓘ |
| meter | free verse with irregular line lengths ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| openingLine | I imagine this midnight moment’s forest ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting |
a room with a window looking onto a forest
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature curricula ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
a poet at his desk at midnight
ⓘ
the gradual emergence of a poem ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the arrival of a poem
ⓘ
the creative process ⓘ |
| theme |
imagination
ⓘ
inspiration ⓘ nature ⓘ poetic creation ⓘ solitude ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
enjambment
ⓘ
extended metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ |
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