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Nostalgia, memory, remorse, agony and further more - are all that takes for a man to remember a bitter past with the loss of his beloved. And the loss of his happiness and glory long with it is what the poem Daffodils symbolizes.
The daffodils held the power to sustain their togetherness but that very cause of their unity and love were made, to his remorse, a matter of commercial gratification. The corruption of this beauty, grace and holiness of the flower and their relationship is what led to the demise of their respective value - which perhaps shaped the form of death.
The cutting off of the daffodils and selling them was, as the poet now realizes, no less than a "sacrilege". Their lives were a temple where the God of love and unity prevailed. But the corruption and commercialization of this God, which is symbolized by the Daffodils led to the desecration or demolition of their temple. What else could it result in? Separation.
There are two ways in which the picking up of daffodils stopped. Firstly because of the very act of over-picking the daffodils and secondly because of the loss of their wedding- present, scissors. With the loss of their precious wedding present, the work, that symbolizes their unity, which they enjoyed and cherished so much stopped. So did their relationship as a whole.
With the last image of the poem, his memory of Sylvia becomes imminent. He imagines the scissors being buried somewhere under the sand where it has become rusted untouched. This implies that though they have lost their present of life, love and unity; the memory of the happiness and joy that they cherished once; the togetherness that they enjoyed then; is rusted and buried somewhere in his mind. And like their relationship is lost but not their memory, so is their wedding present lost but not its memory.
The daffodils that once used to be a matter of their livelihood and a symbol of their love is lost making their love too lose itself. The only purpose that daffodils hold in Hughes' life now, is the way it forms the memory that never fades - the memory of his love which he thinks he destroyed by not realizing its value.
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What is a summary of the poem 'Daffodils' by Ted Hughes?
Daffodils is from the collection Birthday Letters: a long sequence of poems which Ted Hughes wrote about his first wife - the American poet Sylvia Plath who committed suicide in 1963. (Hughes would not allow the book to be published until after his own death).In Daffodils, Hughes remembers how he and Sylvia used to pick daffodils each spring, and then sell them to a local florist. He recalls particularly the daffodils they picked together during the last spring before his wife's suicide.Hughes contemplates how we never value the precious things we have while we are young (the daffodils). We assume that there will always be good times, so we let our good times go easily (sell the daffodils to the local florist), since we believe there will always be more joy to come.But there is no guarantee of good times to come; Hughes is writing the poem in memory of his dead wife.At the end of the poem Hughes remembers the scissors which the young lovers used to cut the daffodils, before tying them into sheaves for sale. The scissors was a wedding present, but during that last year they lost it.Hughes imagines the scissors dropped on the ground many years ago, now rusting away somewhere. He imagines it as an anchor, or a cross.It is an anchor, because it ties him to his misery; a cross because it is the burden he will always have to bear.
Which country is Ted Hughes from?
where was Ted Hughes from
What is Ted Hughes's birthday?
Ted Hughes was born on August 17, 1930.
When did Ted Hughes die?
Ted Hughes was born on August 17, 1930 and died on October 28, 1998. Ted Hughes would have been 68 years old at the time of death or 84 years old today.
How do you analyze bayonet charge by ted hughes?
You should get a copy of the poem and highlight key words - phrases e.g. enjambment, anaphora etc. Then get some context and add that.
How many children did ted hughes have?
Poet, Ted Hughes, had three children. His first two children, with wife Sylvia Plath, were Frieda Hughes and Nicholas Hughes. After Plath's death he had one child with his partner Assia Wevill, Alexandra.
How long were ted hughes and sylvia plath married for?
Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes were together for six yrs.
When was Pike by Ted Hughes written?
1969
John Betjeman succeeded by?
Ted Hughes
What was the names of Ted Hughes's children?
Nickles
How old was ted hughes when he died?
He was 68
What was Ted Hughes' full name?
Ted Hughes was born on August 17th,1930 and was a famous poet as well as author. His full names was Edward James Hughes. He attended Cambridge University.
