• Jyothisree V G
• Dr. Henry Kishore

Ted Hughes is widely acknowledged as one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. He is called a nature poet as well as an animal poet. Hughes’s portrayal of animals is full of energy and zeal for life. He portrayed animal violence as the semblance of man’s hidden nature. Hughes animal symbols have a powerful individual reality. He facilitates a harmonious bond between humans and all the natural resources. His nature poetry predominantly deals with the problem of modern man’s alienation from nature. Ted Hughes propounds that the natures of animals and humans are intensely inter-related. This paper tries to explicate the physical imagery of animal symbols used in Ted Hughes poems to indicate the mental pulse of humans. By using animals, Ted Hughes imagery has given vivid descriptions of inherent power absence from the human beings.

: Instinct, violence, metaphor, nature, animalia

"A STUDY OF ANIMAL KINGDOM IN TED HUGHES POETRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.c392-c396, February-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202267.pdf

"A STUDY OF ANIMAL KINGDOM IN TED HUGHES POETRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no. ppc392-c396, February-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202267.pdf