Relic | Ted Hughes | Poetry Analysis | GCSE Literature | English with Kayleigh

[@erinh9530]

Could you also reference the change in stanza size as mimicking the waves washing up on the beach from stanza 1?

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Hello - thank you for your comment! Yes, I think that’s a great alternative interpretation of stanza length 🙌 K

[@erinh9530]

@@EnglishwithKayleigh Thank you!

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

You’re welcome!🌷

[@nakbwibxzuhwnde]

1.) Helplessness of animals/sea creatures 2.) The cruelty of sea, brutality of nature 3.) Unending loop of creation and destruction

[@nakbwibxzuhwnde]

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[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Great point sentences - you could expand point one by including humans there alongside the sea creatures (particularly with reference to camaraderie and the cenotaph). Are you sitting the exam in May? 🎉 K

[@Playitcool_1963]

I don’t really see how the point about “in that darkness camaraderie does not hold” is a point. How does that personify the sea? It’s not saying the sea has camaraderie or whatever it’s saying that in the sea there is no camaraderie

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Hello! Thank you for your comment ~ this is part of the extended metaphor that translates to the sea is ruthless/‘cold’. “The deeps are cold: In that darkness camaraderie does not hold: Nothing touches but, clutching, devours.” It is personified by given it human qualities - the ability to decide if it wishes to forgive/allow for life or destroy. I hope this helps 🌺 K