Hawk roosting

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

  .'I' immediately acknowledges the reader that the hawk is controlling the poem, but also nature

  .emphasises the height of the hawk and his authority over the forest as he is above everything else

  .'eyes closed' a hint of arrogance as he feels safe enough to put himself in a vulnerable position to be attacked by a predator, but he does this calmly as he believes nothing is a threat to him
• "I hold creation in my foot"

  .shows hawks belief that he is more powerful than God

  .shows us his power in nature as he believes every aspect of him is perfect and suited for him to be the best predator
• "The allotment of death"

  .New seeds, plants and life is grown jn allotments

  .juxtaposition between the start of life and death

  .implying that the hawk has the power to control what lives and what doesn't

  .he owns nature
• "I am going to keep things like this"

  .sense of certaincy

  .the hawk is the tyrant of the woodland

  .implies that the hawk can control the circle of life, and that humans should not involve in it (CONTEXT: poem was written from 1960-2000s when nature was under threat of being built on and by pollution)

  .Power of hawk is used to scare readers in hope that nature would be kept safe