hawk roosting context Flashcards
1
Q
who wrote ‘Hawk Roosting’
A
Ted Hughes
2
Q
when was ‘Hawk Roosting’ published
A
1960
3
Q
what awards did he receive
A
- British Poet Laureate - 1984 - 1998(death)
- Order of Merit from the Queen
4
Q
where was he born and raised
A
Yorkshire - natural landscape influenced his writing - he also enjoyed hunting and fishing - therefore wrote a lot of poems about nature and the atavistic world
5
Q
what did he recognise nature as
A
transcending reason
6
Q
what was Hughes quote about the poem
A
“My poems are not about violence but vitality” / “in this hawk, nature is thinking”
7
Q
how was Hughes viewed as (_____ poet)
A
a Romantic poet with radical political views
