hawk roosting

• I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed


  Personal pronouns emphasise how important they are, also it is repeated showing they are extremely important, sense of superiority, apex predators, monosyllabic-violent and blunt facts, confidence
• My feet are locked upon the rough bark.


  He is not going to move, he is superior and in control, harsh sounds, asserting his authority, full stop shows a refusal of movement
• I kill where I please because it is all mine


  Repetition of first person pronoun 'I' foregrounds the bird's power in nature. The phrase 'where I please' suggests that the hawk does exactly what it wants there is no other bird as powerful. The verb 'kill' is direct and heartless; the hawk has no sensitive side - it is a predator and that alone. It shows the power and control this apex predator has in nature
• I am going to keep things like this


  The declarative shows the speaker's certainty in their actions and highlights that governments have their own final say. The sentence is direct and to the point; there is no challenging it whatsoever. Dictators are refusal to change are reflected as they respond less well tk change and is more adamant to their own opinion, reminds of Context where Hughes saw the actions of dictators such as Hitler and Mussolini
• "My eye has permitted no change"


  He is in control, he decides what happens, no one can disagree with him, the fact thag he is watching is so powerful on its own thag people will follow what he says
• "My manners are tearing off heads"


  oxymoron juxtaposes politeness with extreme violence to shock the reader, it shows how differently the apex predators think from the resg of them, but it also shows how they were able to obtain this power in nature
• The sun is behind me


  -metaphor

  -he feels like the sun and nature are all on his side and are there to please and help him

  -could also show that he feels heroic and richessness

  -and could feel like he's got god on his side

  Shows a sense of arrogance and he is more advanced than the sun, the prey can't see them, and they almost have been blessed with the power of the sun
• Context 1960 hughes


  Based in yorkshire

  Rejection of christianity

  Neodarwinism

  More about psychology of humans

  Seen Hitler and dictators ruling
• structure

  4 lined stanzas, no regular rhyme scheme