Semantic Fields in Selected Poems from "Season Songs" by Ted Hughes
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https://doi.org/10.22364/BJELLC.05.2015.08Keywords:
semantic fields, text analysis, Ted Hughes, poetry analysisAbstract
Ted Hughes (1930–1998), the Poet Laureate (1984–1998) wrote a collection entitled Season Songs, originally intended for child audience. Analysis of the obvious semantic fields in three selected poems from the collection shows that the poems possess more than the aspects intended for children – alongside observation of the season and nature, they point also at transcendent values and experiences beyond and outside childhood.
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