Hawk Roosting - Ted Hughes
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- Created on: 28-08-18 15:30
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- Hawk Roosting
- Context
- As a child, ted Hughes quickly became aware of the hostile and violent forces of nature
- he grew up in the countryside (surrounded by nature from young age)
- stdied anthropology ( study of anatomy and evolution), as well as archaeology, linking to the theme of nature
- hughes served in the RAF for 2 years, links to imagery of killing and flying
- Death and Loss
- "The allotment of death"
- the hawk is creating a garden of death and feels no regret or remorse
- structure and form
- the poem is in regular stanzas of four lines each, possibly reflecting the cyclical nature of the hawks killing and the continuous loop of the loss
- "in sleep rehearse perfect kills"
- the hawk believes that the killing he is doing is perfect and is what the world needs, he is helping and is therefore superior
- "I kill where I please"
- the hawks superiority complex allows it to do whatever it feels like without remorse, as it believes it is a higher and superior being
- "The allotment of death"
- Negative Emotions
- "The allotment of death."
- illustrates an idea of an ever growing garden of death created by the hawk, showing his ruthless hostility
- structure and form
- the poem is in regular four line, possibly reflecting the cyclictic killing of the hawk and the repeating pain it causes
- "My manners are tearing off heads"
- he has his own set of rules and ideas, unconforming, although others may believe this negative and immoral, he disagrees
- "No arguments assert my right"
- Nothing fights back against the hawk, similar to political leaders
- "The allotment of death."
- Nature
- "The convenience of the high trees!"
- nature has been tailored for the hawks comfort and convenience
- "It took the whole of Creation/ To produce my foot"
- the hawk believes that nature revolves around him and him alone, he is what nature exists for and he is the centre of it all
- structure and form
- the poem is in regular stanzas of four lines each, possibly reflecting the cyclical essence of nature and its ever repeating cycle of life and death
- "The sun is behind me./ Nothing has changed since I began."
- the hawk believes that he doesn't affect anything because nature continues in the same way it always has after he kills
- "The convenience of the high trees!"
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