Poetry

Hughes explores the celebration of human spirit in Football at Slack by revealing the Yorkshire men to be at one with the wild and tempestuous nature found in the British countryside. Through this poem, Hughes reveals the strength and resilience of the human spirit embodied by the men. The title may initially call to mind the “beautiful game” – football as a deeply loved British sport.

The City Planners by Margaret Atwood expresses disdain for the City Planners, who attempt to impose order upon fundamentally chaotic subjects: humanity and nature. Through her personification of the landscape, puns of insanity and use of free verse, Atwood critiques the sterile and oppressive nature of modern urban planning and argues…