hawk roosting

Question 1

author

Answer 1

ted hughes

Question 2

context

Answer 2

• spent a lot of time in Devon and Yorkshire countryside - moorland where hawks are often to be found.
• fascinated by animals - a lot of his poems are about nature/wildlife.

Question 3

structure

Answer 3

• regular stanzas, powerful

- first person - individualism

Question 4

paragraph 1

Answer 4

• power and arrogance of the hawk immediately established, destructive
• ‘revolve it all slowly’ - admires what he owns
• ‘i kill where i please because it is all mine’ - abrupt, simplistic language, yet threatening and ominous, confident tone, no hesitation, no challenge to his authority
• ‘my manners are tearing off heads’ - callous, lacks empathy, violent and sudden nature of attacks, as if he derives joy from it,

Question 5

paragraph 2

Answer 5

• hawk rejects nature and evolution, assumes a godlike position
• utilises the ‘air’s buoyancy’ and ‘the suns ray’ - exploits nature, crafted specially for him, have led to his successful pursuit of power
• ‘and the earth’s face upward for my inspection’ - personified earth, desperately awaiting approval, eager to be scrutinised
• ‘the sun is behind me. nothing has changed’ - implication that the sun is inferior to the hawk, despite its power, rejects change, though it is inevitable
• ‘i am going to keep things like this’ - doesn’t only control nature but also time