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Ted Hughes: Orts (24) - Prospero and Sycorax

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Orts (24) - Prospero and Sycorax

Moortown, London: Faber & Faber, 1979

576-577

Allusion to Classical figure Jocasta

Relationship to Classical text Prospero's mother likened to Jocasta

Comment in ‘Earth Numb’, the third section of Moortown.