The theme of Hughes' poetry is violence, and his extraordinary talent in this field has been unanimously recognized, and many followers imitate his vitality and bold style. He believes that violence is ruling nature and human society, so he describes the predators and victims through his fast-rotating imagination, and uses bold words and harsh rhythm to form a concise style. Robert lowell, an American poet, described Hughes' poems as "thunderbolt". In particular, he described the internal world and the external world, thus showing some metaphysical thinking of his own, which has a strong symbolic and allegorical color and embodies a kind of anthropological depth. His poems keep a balance between truth and nightmare, and maintain tension between man and non-man.
Hughes received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge University, where she met Sylvia Plath, an American poetess. They got married in 1956 until Plath committed suicide in 1963. Their marriage obviously influenced their creation. 1985, Hughes became the English poet laureate after Bergman.
He has written many children's works, including a fantasy novel Iron Man (1968 published as a steel giant in the United States), which tells the story of a steel giant who came out of nowhere and ate machines. Hughes also wrote many children's plays and published collections such as The King Comes (1970). Hughes has several volumes of poems written specifically for children. The earliest volume is the comedy family role description "Welcome My Relatives". Then came the earth owl and other moon people (1963), who described strange robot animals and plants. Nice, a rude ghost, is a comic book, illustrated by Gerald Ruth. Song of the Four Seasons (1975) contains some poems describing the four seasons. The Moon Whale and Other Poems (1976) is mainly about animals. 1982, the giggle toy bag came out. This is a collection of poems compiled by Hughes and seamus heaney for teenagers.