Analysing Ted Hughes and Liz Lochheads poems Ted Hughes, Britain's Poet Laureate and easily the most well-known poet of his generation, died of cancer on October 28th 1998. Born August 17, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, a former mill town in the Yorkshire Pennines, Hughes came from humble origins, his father a World War I veteran, carpenter and later shop-keeper. Whatever drove Hughes to become a poet, one of the main influences he cited was the musicality of the West …showed first 75 words of 4400 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4400 total…misunderstood what Hughes was trying to say. He was noticeably someone who relied on his poetry as it was a way of telling the world how he felt. This I feel was what makes his poems so powerful and intriguing and fascinating. I therefore believe Hughes poems were more appealing to me as I found that they had so many hidden meanings .Also I felt that a lot of Hughes personality and character comes through.