Hawk Roosting Flashcards
“Hooked head and hooked feet”
Physical superiority
Power of its physique
“In sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat”
-arrogance and confidence
-instinct and nature to kill-all it thinks about
“Airs buoyancy and the suns rays”
Nature imagery-power nature holds
“My feet are locked upon the rough bark”
-fixed power
“It took the whole of creation”
Religious reference-God like complex
“Now I hold creation in my foot”
-complete power and control
Toys with life and death
“I kill where I please because it is all mine”
Arrogant and possessive
Has the power to end a life
“My manners are tearing of heads”
Violent
Cruelty of animal world and nature-power
“Flight is direct”
Natural instinct
Powerful and confident
“Bones of the living”
-everything is pray to the hawk
the world revolves around the hawk and it’s purpose-killing
“I am going to keep things like this”
-tight control-Hawks choice
No change
ego-centric
6x quatrains
Consistent power and control Toys
No rhyme scheme
Direct and serious tone-no enjoyment
