Examination at the Womb-Door

Ted Hughes * Track #3 On Crow

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Examination at the Womb-Door by Ted Hughes

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Featured in Hughes' collection of poetry ‘Crow’ (1970), it acts as one of many poems in this collection to offer a glimpse into Hughes' mentality post-marriage to Sylvia Plath. It fuses a warped sense of religion with paganism, spirituality and ancient belief systems that Ted Hughes was interested i...

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Who owns those scrawny little feet? Death
Who owns this bristly scorched-looking face? Death
Who owns these still-working lungs? Death
Who owns this utility coat of muscles? Death
Who owns these unspeakable guts? Death
Who owns these questionable brains? Death
All this messy blood? Death
These minimum-efficiency eyes? Death
This wicked little tongue? Death
This occasional wakefulness? Death

Given, stolen, or held pending trial?
Held

Who owns the whole rainy, stony earth? Death
Who owns all of space? Death

Who is stronger than hope? Death
Who is stronger than the will? Death
Stronger than love? Death
Stronger than life? Death

But who is stronger than Death?
Me, evidently
Pass, Crow

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Examination at the Womb-Door was written by Ted Hughes.

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