Hawk Roosting
Aniela Baseley 13 FO
The poem is written by poet Ted Hughes. In his life time Hughes has
published many poems about nature and animals.
The poem has six stanzas, all written in the first person, with no discernable
rhyming scheme. The poem represents a hawk, as it roosts on a tree top, watching
over the world and contemplating life. This hawk sees itself, as the centre of the world
and the best of creation. He believes he controls the world, bringing death to anything
below him that dares to question his authority. The poem shows the reader that nature
isn’t always beautiful, and the hawk is a metaphor of humans, because humans
dominate the world, as does this hawk. The poem is written with a chilling attitude to
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There are attempts to analyse the poem and the writer shows some level of understanding. However, the absence of a title means that the essay lacks a focus and as a result, the analysis takes a chronological approach, often leading to a narrative summary of the poem. A focused question with a clearly planned answer would have led to a more developed analysis. Increased exploration of poetic devices (present tense, language style, structural choices to name a few) and their effects would have improved the content of the essay. It is also important to recognise that any reading of the poem, for example how it might be a metaphorical comment on power, is only one interpretation. **