Hawk Roosting

Question 1

C. What award was Hughes given

Answer 1

Poet laureate

Question 2

C. What was Hughes’ common theme

Answer 2

The natural world

Question 3

C. What’s is the poems miscommunicated theme

Answer 3

Cruelty

Question 4

T. “Roosting”

Answer 4

Verb. Feels at home

Question 5

T. “Hawk”

Answer 5

Noun. Instant link to power (predator)

Question 6

Ov. What does the hawk believe he is

Answer 6

Superior “top”

Question 7

Ov. What are the hawks traits

Answer 7

Arrogance, pride “creation in my foot”

Question 8

Ov. What does the hawk refuse to do

Answer 8

Change “keep things like this”

Question 9

Or. Whole poem

Answer 9

Clear, structured, reflects control

Question 10

Or. Pace

Answer 10

Steady, calm, control

Question 11

Or. Emphasising full stops

Answer 11

No change at end of poem

Question 12

L. “I sit”

Answer 12

1 person, superiority

Question 13

L. “Hold creation in my foot”

Answer 13

Repeated creation, hawk above god, divine imagery, metaphor of pride

Question 14

L. “ I kill where I please because it’s all mine”

Answer 14

Selfish power, obsessed with being superior

Question 15

L. “ the sun is behind me”

Answer 15

The sun is inferior to him, power over nature

Question 16

L. “ I am going to keep things like this”

Answer 16

Cyclical structure(1 person pronoun), no change in behaviour

Question 17

S. 1 person

Answer 17

Hawk fears nothing, no empathy, dictator