The poem, Hawk Roosting talks about an arrogant self centred hawk who thinks he’s better then God. The hawk is a perfectionist in the way it kills its prey and how the Hawk is superior then God and mankind. The poet ted Hughes wants the reader to consider mans humanity of the eye of the eagle the hawk reflects mankind in the way mankind feel and act when in conflict. The hawk is very focused and powerful when ready to attack hence when mankind is ready to strike on their enemy. Mankind is also violent and brutal in the way they attack just like the hawk in the poem “My manners are tearing off heads” this shows us that the hawk has no regret or care about what it does to its pray and all it cares about is catching its prey and completing its objective just like mankind in conflict when in war mankind’s objective is to kill the enemy and take over land. Another similarity is the hawk being proud in the way it presents itself just like mankind, when mankind are in conflict the people involved are proud to represent who and what they are fighting for.
The poem uses different language techniques, the main technique is “Caesura” this happens frequently in the poem this is when there are pauses in a sentence. Casesura causes dramatic effect in the case of the poet is telling us step by step of what is happening a main example is stanza 3
My feet are locked upon the rough bark. The emphasis of the full stop is