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Hawk Roosting Flashcards

1
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Who wrote ‘Hawk Roosting’?

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Ted Hughes

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When was ‘Hawk Roosting’ written?

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1960

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Where is Ted Hughes from?

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West Yorkshire

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4
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What awards/accomplishments did Ted Hughes achieve?

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poet laureate
order of merit

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What is the form of ‘Hawk Roosting’?

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1st person perspective

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How is nature presented in ‘Hawk Roosting’?

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controlled
perfect
arrogant
powerful

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How many rhyming couplets are there in ‘Hawk Roosting’?

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only 1

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Why might there only be on rhyming couplet in ‘Hawk Roosting’?

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highlight perfection of hawk’s body

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9
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How does the 1st person perspective present nature?

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egocentric
arrogant

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10
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finish the quote : ‘I sit in…

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…the top of the wood’

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10
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What are the key semantic fields in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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status
simplicity
possession
static/rest

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10
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finish the quote : ‘my eyes…

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…closed’

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11
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finish the quote : ‘inaction…

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…no falsifying dream’

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12
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finish the quote : ‘between my hooked…

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…head and hooked feet’

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13
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finish the quote : ‘in sleep…

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…rehearse’

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14
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finish the quote : ‘perfect…

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…kills and eat’

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15
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finish the quote : ‘the convenience…

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…of the high trees!’

16
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finish the quote : ‘the air’s…

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…buoyancy’

17
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finish the quote : ‘the sun’s…

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…ray’

18
Q

finish the quote : ‘are of…

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…advantage to me’

19
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finish the quote : ‘the earth’s face…

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…upwards for my inspection’

20
Q

finish the quote : ‘my feet are…

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…locked upon the rough bark’

21
Q

finish the quote : ‘it took the…

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…whole of Creation’

22
Q

finish the quote : ‘to produce my…

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…foot’

23
Q

finish the quote : ‘my each…

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….feather’

24
Q

finish the quote : ‘now I hold…

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….Creation in my foot’

25
Q

finish the quote : ‘revolve…

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…it all slowly’

26
Q

finish the quote : ‘I kill where…

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…I please’

27
Q

finish the quote : ‘because it is…

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….all mine’

28
Q

finish the quote : ‘there is no…

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…sophistry in my body’

29
Q

finish the quote : ‘my manners are…

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…tearing off heads’

30
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finish the quote : ‘the allotment…

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…of death’

31
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finish the quote : ‘the one path of…

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..my flight is direct’

32
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finish the quote : ‘through the…

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…bones of the living’

33
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finish the quote : ‘no arguments…

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…assert my rights’

34
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finish the quote : ‘the sun…

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…is behind me’

35
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finish the quote : ‘nothing has…

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…changed since I began’

36
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finish the quote : ‘my eye has…

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…permitted no change’

37
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finish the quote : ‘I am going to…

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…keep things like this.’

38
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What meaning does Ted Hughes create/want to create?

A

brutality of nature
allegory for leaders in modern life

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