Hawk roosting

• Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes
• Hawk Roosting


  The one where the hawk is in charge
• The speaker of the poem is a hawk who is looking down on the earth beneath him. He begins the poem perched at the top of a tree, waiting to swoop on his next pray. His attitude and tone are very arrogant and he compares himself to God. He is very proud of his place in the food chain and the fact he can choose who lives and who dies. He doesn't want the natural order of things to be disrupted.
• Roosting


  Implies that the hawk feels at home and is comfortable on his perch
• Repetition of 'hooked'


  Suggests he is in control – his claws are sunk in
• He even dreams that his kills go perfectly. He is constantly thinking about death.
• Verb 'revolve'


  The world turns just for him
• Repetition of 'Creation'


  Emphasises his arrogance and God delusions
• He sees himself as God-like
• He is in charge – he decides the rules of nature