Ben+M.

The theme for my three poems was nature and I chose the following poems: 1 Unfathomable Sea by Percy B. Shelly

2 Thistles by Ted Hughes

3 Fog by Carl Sandburg

Each poem expresses it's individual message through multitudes of figurative language, mostly consisting of similies and metaphors. Every poem mentioned above also includes interaction between nature and humankind. However, in __Thistles__, instead of describing nature as vast and indifferent, like the poems __Fog__ and __Unfathomable Sea__,Ted Hughes describes nature as a warrior, fighting but vulnerable to the attacks of people. This theme of nature fighting a losing battle spoke very deeply to me and affected me the most. Nature in a sense, is fighting a losing battle against climate change and deforestation. This image of nature is far more modern (and indeed it was the most recently published poem out of the three.) These poems are promident evidence of the changing opinions surrounding nature over the years.

Maybe Hughes uses the thistle as a piece of nature that's fighting back, too?