Ted Hughes

- questions on 'Hawk Roosting'

Explain "no falsifying dream".

Comment on the impact of "my hooked head and hooked feet".

Why are his kills "perfect"?

How is the hawk's habitat described?

Why is the description of the feet "locked upon the rough bark" particularly effective?

Why did it take "the whole of Creation/ To produce my foot, my each feather"?

Explain "I hold Creation in my foot..."

What is the impact on you of the line "I kill where I please because it is all mine."

What is "sophistry" and why is there none of it in the hawk's body?

What is the impact of "my manners are tearing off heads-"

Explain "The allotment of death".

What has this to do with the hawk?

What do the next two lines mean, and why are they effective?

Why do no arguments "assert" the hawk's "right"? "Right" to what?

Comment on the pun in the next line.

How effectively does the last stanza conclude the poem?

Why has Hughes written the poem from the hawk's point of view?

What implied comparisons are there between Hughes' hawk, and human beings?