Hawk Roosting Flashcards
1
Q
Poet?
A
Ted Hughes
2
Q
Q - Personal pronouns from the start
A
‘I sit’ ‘my eyes closed’
3
Q
Q - Meditative killing
A
‘in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.’
4
Q
Q - Looking down
A
‘the earth’s face upward for my inspection.’
5
Q
Q - God and creation
A
‘It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold creation in my foot’
6
Q
Q - Dominance and Dictatorship
A
‘I kill where i please because it is all mine.’
7
Q
Q - Sun
A
‘The sun is behind me.’
8
Q
Q - Angel of Death
A
‘allotment of death’
9
Q
Q - Last line, bold statement
A
‘My eye has permitted no change. I am going to keep things like this.’
10
Q
Form:
A
- Dramatic Monologue
- Hawk’s PoV
- First person narrative
- End-Stopping
11
Q
Structure:
A
Beginning - Meditative state
Middle - God and Creation
End - No change/powerful statement
