In other words, how they talk about the language and structure of the poems. When revising Hughes' poems, try reading them aloud. Some of the interesting effects work better if you hear them. Every part of a poem is there because the poet has thought about it in great detail. The way it sounds, the words it uses, the ideas suggested and, even, the way the poem is set out are things that the poet spent time thinking about.
Nothing is accidental.
Whenever you read a poem you need to ask why the poet wrote it like that. This module will get you thinking about these aspects of the poems. Complete the following tasks for each poem. You can do this on screen and print it out afterwards, or you can print the tasks and answer them elsewhere. Some poems will not have material for each of the tasks, so don't worry if sometimes you can't find an example.