Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

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The Intertwined Poetry of Sylvia and Ted

Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes are two of the most influential poets in the world of post-war literature . Although most of their works may be considered morbid and suicidal it still created as much buzz among the popular audience as their tumultuous marriage did . Theirs is a love affair and poetry which may be considered a form of Dionysian art , or that which beauty is not in the presence of symmetry , and , but in the lack there of

( Apollonian and Dionysian .Although their hearts have been separated based on their experiences , their works are intertwined as evidenced by the similarity in its nature

These couple 's work utilized dark and distorted images . Most are morbid having death , suffering , and pain as its central theme . While this nature of Plath 's works may be derived from the mental illness that was worsened by the extramarital activities of her husband , Hughes ' works are manifestations of Plath 's poetic style influencing on his own

Given that they are a couple living in the same house , they were each other 's first audience as well as critique . What Hughes might have heard from Plath is incorporated in his work . As such , since Plath 's works are expressions of the pain Hughes ' infidelity is causing her , as well as a manifestation of her illness her works become dark and gloomy . In turn Hughes , as the first audience of these morose works , unconsciously incorporates...