Hawk Roosting

Question 1

Point 1 - Shows the hawk as aggressive

Answer 1

‘rehearse the perfect kills’ - shows he is trained in violence
‘my manners are tearing off heads’ - showing he is aggressive
‘my feet are locked upon the rough bark’ - shows he is permanent using violent verbs
‘I kill where I please’

Question 2

Point 2 - Shows the hawk as hubristic

Answer 2

‘I hold creation in my foot’ - suggesting the hawk is more powerful than creation itself
‘Are of advantage to me’ - showing the Hawk uses all of nature
‘Nothing has changed since I began’ - suggesting no one more powerful exists
‘I am going to keep things like this’ - showing he is happy with the world

Question 3

Point 3 - Shows that the hawk looks down on humans

Answer 3

‘There is no sophistry in my body’ - showing he looks down on humans
‘‘my manner are tearing off heads’ - shows he doesn’t respect the human’s way
‘no arguments assert my right’ - showing that unlike humans who have to argue for power the hawk simply has it

Question 4

Context

Answer 4

He was a nature poet
He grew up in the Yorkshire moors
He reconnected with ideas around the sublime
Hawk in an apex predator

Question 5

Tecniques

Answer 5

Possessive words (me, I, my)