I have been studying two poems by Ted hughes which are Wind and Hawk Roosting There are many different aspects of nature in these poems and this essay explains how these aspects of nature are used.

Authors Avatar

I have been studying two poems by Ted hughes which are Wind and Hawk Roosting There are many different aspects of nature in these poems and this essay explains how these aspects of nature are used.

Many different aspects of nature are presented in both poems but in different ways firstly a lot of metaphors and imagery is used in wind but there are neither of these to be found in Hawk Roosting I’ve chosen the following metaphor as an example: “The house has been far out at sea all night”obviously the house hasn’t actually been out at sea but this idea gives us the impression that the wind combined with rain must have made it seem like the house was out at sea.

  Another example of how the aspects of nature are used is in the structure of the poems this is only really evident in Wind as at the end of certain lines for example lines 4 and 5 or lines 16 and 17 there is no punctuation this makes the reader rush on to the next verse as if the wind is uncontrolable.

Join now!

   In Hawk Roosting no Imagery is used and the poem is controlled containing short sentences unlike Wind which has a lack of punctuation and structure. The Hawk in Hawk roosting is different for the black back gull in Wind which is said to be “Bent like an iron bar slowly” this gives the impression that the bird is weak wheras in Hawk Roosting the hawk is strong and streamlined much more than animal.

  The Hawk uses words such as falsifying and inaction this gives the impression that the Hawk is sophisticated whereas the black backed gull is weak ...

This is a preview of the whole essay