Download 2. Hawk Roosting Interpretations

Hawk Roosting...
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1) What is the bird’s personality?
2) Is this a matter-of-fact description of the
hawk and his psychology or does it have
symbolic or allegorical meanings?
3) What are characteristics of Hughes’
poetry?
What people think...
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This is a famous poem of the poet’s and a very special
one in that the image of the bird was quite new and
striking in the history of English poetry.
Different people may have different interpretations of the
hawk in the poem. There have been quite controversial
views as to the meanings of the poem and the image of
the hawk.