Hawk Roosting Flashcards
1
Q
who is Hawk Roosting written by?
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Ted Hughes
2
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context in Hawk Roosting:
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- English poet
- Translator
- Children’s author
- Poet Laureate in 1984
- died 1998
- rural upbringing
- fascinated by animals
- aware of the harsher side of nature
- anti- romantic
- published 1960
3
Q
what does Hawk Roosting show?
A
- nature thinking
4
Q
Structure:
A
- first and last lines begin with I
- whole poem is about a thing that thinks that the world revolves around them
- 6 stanzas- equal size
5
Q
tone in the first half:
A
arrogant
6
Q
tone in the second half:
A
aggressive and violent yet still arrogant
7
Q
“hooked…and……”
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- “hooked head and hooked feet”
- aspirant alliteration
- breathless
- shows he has tenacious grip
- stanza 1
8
Q
“falsifying…”
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- “falsifying dream”
- anti + post romantic
- trying to show how nature thinks
9
Q
“high trees..”
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- “high trees!”
- exclamatory language
- shows how they are convenient and how everything is convenient for him- world is made to suit him
- 2nd stanza
10
Q
“I hold…”
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- “I hold Creation”
- sees himself as superior (God)
- 3rd stanza
11
Q
“My manners are…”
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- “My manners are tearing off heads”
- graphic, violent language
- he has no manners
- 4th stanza
12
Q
“The sun is…”
A
- “The sun is behind me”
- personification of sun
- reduces sun to a persons status
- revealing how humans are also behind him
- 6th stanza
13
Q
themes in hawk roosting:
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- power
- nature
