Thoughts on Ted Hughes

I like Ted Hughes' poetry, but I really don't know why. Like I said in class, I think it's simply because it's so different from all the other poetry we've read. Hughes really pushes the envelope with some of the things he touches on in his poetry, especially "Theology." It's great for a poem to be beautiful and moving, but sometimes I like to read stuff that really shakes things up, and Hughes' poetry is a great example of that.

I'd like to know more about his marriage to Sylvia Plath. This is the first time I've read Hughes' poetry, but I've read Plath's before and liked it as well--the marriage didn't work out, but the time they did spend together must have been quite interesting, to have these two extremely dark and offbeat souls bonded together in marriage!