Style in modern English poetry: A stylistic analysis of selected poems in Ted Hughes' poetic sequence crow

This study aims to analyse selected poems by Ted Hughes in his Crow by applying Leech (1969) and Short's (1996) stylistic methods of foregrounding. The first part of the study presents the general characteristics of the 20th century modern English poetry focusing on the prominent figures and movements of the era. It gives a general description of modern poets and poems that shape the era. It continues with a general account of Ted Hughes. As a modern English poet, Hughes' style and his poetic sequence Crow are explained in detail, in this part of the study. In the continuation of the study, the followed method is explained broadly and the findings which are acquired as a result of applying the method to Hughes' poems are presented.