A cool small ...
... And you listening.
A spider's web, ...
... to a tremor.
Cows are going ...
... cry suddenly, "Moon! Moon!"
The moon has ...
... at him amazed.
Select any word below to get its definition in the context of the poem. The words are listed in the order in which they appear in the poem.
The Poem Aloud — Listen to a reading of the poem.
A Brief Biography — Learn more about Hughes's life and work via the Poetry Foundation.
Hughes and Frieda — Read a letter that Ted Hughes wrote to Frieda Hughes (and see a picture of the two of them together at around the time this poem takes place).
Hughes's Legacy — Read contemporary poet Alice Oswald's appreciation of Hughes.
An Interview with "Little Frieda" — Learn more about "little Frieda," who is now a painter and poet, in this Guardian interview (in which she reveals that "Full Moon and Little Frieda" is her favorite of her father's poems).