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An analysis of the poem 'Swifts' by Ted Hughes. Ted Hughes said of his poetry that he aimed to "capture animals" in words. Indeed his poem 'Swifts' as the title concurs is almost entirely devoted to the description that is 'capturing' in writing, the movement and behaviour of a swift. A swift is a fork-tailed bird that is related to martens or swallows and is a summer visitor in Britain. Hughes has captured within this poem the appearance, movement and behaviour of swifts through straight forward, plain, punchy syntax, bold statements without adornment, imagery, irregular and erratic line length (the form in which the poem is written), rhyme, rhythm and sound effects. Ted Hughes writes 'Swifts' in the first person, in roughly four line stanzas; he addresses the reader directly using irregular and erratic line length to mimic the flight of the birds. Immediately within the first stanza the punchy syntax combined...

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