‘The child is father to the man.’
How can he be? The words are wild.
Suck any sense from that who can:
‘The child is father to the man.’
No; what the poet did write ran,
‘The man is father to the child.’
‘The child is father to the man!’
How can he be? The words are wild.
(Ted Hughes)
More Poetry from Ted Hughes:
Ted Hughes Poems based on Topics: Man, Sense & Perception, Literature, Poets- God's Grandeur (Ted Hughes Poems)
- Spring & Fall: To A Young Child (Ted Hughes Poem)
- Lineage (Ted Hughes Poem)
- Pied Beauty (Ted Hughes Poem)
- How To Paint A Water Lily (Ted Hughes Poem)
- Tractor (Ted Hughes Poem)