*Hawk Roosting* - Ted Hughes

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Context Hawk Roosting

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Ted Hughes
born and raised in Yorkshire - nature plays a large part in his writing
interested in the innocent savagery of animals
influenced by romantic poets

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structure of Hawk Roosting:

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All 4 line stanzas - the unchanging power of Hawk
lots of punctuation - symbolic of how the Hawk can take it slow as he has power

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‘i sit at

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the top of the wood’ - preposition immediately portrays his power.’I’ - 1st person gives hawk power

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‘in sleep rehearse

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perfect kills and eat’ - even his dreams revolve around killing

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‘convenience of

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the high trees’ - arrogant, thinks the natural world is supportive of him. Justified?

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‘earth’s face

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upwards for my inspection’ - godly image. omnipotent

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‘now i hold

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creation in my foot’ - religious to portray his undeniable power. as if everything is designed for his benefit

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‘i kill where

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i please’ - violent but not evil - innocent savagery of animals. power of Hawk

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‘no sophistry

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in my body’ - no lies about his actions - innocent savagery of animals

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‘Through the bones

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of the living’ - he survives by killing others

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‘the sun is

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behind me’ - supported by nature

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‘nothing has changed

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since i began’ - eternal power

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‘i am going to

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keep things like this’ - nothing will change under his eye. - metaphor for real world leaders who think they can control everything?