Hawk roosting

• "Now i hold creation in my foot"


  it thinks it's more powerful than god
• "my manners are tearing off heads"


  juxtaposition presents it as a dictator

  violence does not phase the bird
• "allotment of death"


  the hawk grows death, juxtaposition
• "the sun is behind me"


  the sun supports him and he has power
• "i am going to keep things like this"


  control and power

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


  "I" suggests control

  indicates power
• "no falsifying dream"


  its already perfect
• "hooked head, and hooked feet"


  emphasises potential for violence, like a threat
• "It took the whole of creation to produce my foot"


  reference to god

  the hawk thinks it took all of gods effort to create it

  arrogance
• Ted Hughes dad..


  is a ww1 veteran which could reflect the violent imagery
• A bird sat on a tree was the nazi party symbol in ww1
• Analyse 'hawk roosting'

  a hawk is a bird of prey and it being at the beginning symbolises it's importance

  roosting means resting - suggests safety and being in control