How Does Hughes Present Nature in ‘Hawk Roosting’?

The flying hawk in the sky conveys the yearning he endures for freedom. They travel through rocky trails when a hawk lands on his shoulder. It soars through the sky and Colton stares at it in awe. For instance, he stares at the hawk while thinking, “He owned his world, he seemed to be telling me. Owned it! Soared above it and over it, came and went as he pleased,”(p.31). Colton wants to be free and when he ogles at the hawks freedom, he dreams of having the same experience. He wants to be able to soar above everyone and fly. He feels that freedom is like taking flight because when fleeing, he feels this rushing sensation,

Nevertheless, in the poem ‘Nesting time’, Stewart interprets a personal experience in first person of the appearance of a bird that lands upon his daughter and forgets the thought of the harsh world. Stewart’s descriptive language repeatedly explains the poem as if seen in his viewpoint, beginning with an interjection, ‘oh’ communicating of his incredulity of an ‘absurd’ bird. Symbolizing the bird with strong coloured imagery its ‘mossy green, sunlit’, described to be bright and joyful, with sweetness shown with the type of bird, ‘honey-eater’, Douglas Stewart takes the time to describe its admiration juxtaposed to the dangerous world surrounding it. While visualizing the birds actions, ‘pick-pick-pick’ of alliteration and repetition of its

Black Hawk utilizes simile frequently as if he were to say that one of the worst days he had was to see his men be killed. "The bullets flew like birds in the air," reffering to how the bullets hit the bodies of the men and how some flew past without hitting them. The white men affected rhe lives of thte Native Americans in many ways. There came a point to which Black Hawk did not want to loose anymore of his men. So in order to save his men from the bullets he surrendered.

In his poem “The Great Scarf of Birds”, John Updike uses a flock of birds to show that man can be uplifted by observing nature. Updike’s conclusion is lead up to with the beauty of autumn and what a binding spell it has on the two men playing golf. In Updike’s conclusion and throughout the poem, he uses metaphors, similes, and diction to show how nature mesmerizes humans.

The crow signifies that something important and big is about to happen. In the novel the crow is only mention once and that is when john arrives. That means that there is something about john that is not very normal. “A sign at the side of the road said: WELCOME TO OTTER LAKE, HOME OF THE ANISHIWABE- PEOPLE.” I think that this quote is important because the black crow is very symbolic and it is sitting on top of the Otter Lake sign which means something big is going to happen there. When John sees the crow and imitates it, not like a human, but it sounded exactly like an authentic crow call. “The rider lifted his helmet an inch or so until only its mouth was visible. And from that mouth came a loud caw. Not a human imitating a crow, but what seemed to the crow as an authentic crow caw.” When john approaches the crow sitting on otter lake sign and looks up at it and caws but not like somebody imitating, but like a real crow, that is very important. Its important because the crow symbolizes something big is abou to happen and also John cawing like a real crows tells us that there is some things about him that is not quite normal. In conclusion, the crow is the first big part in the story and the first clue telling us that john is not just a normal white

Thus, through the initial impression of the man of the bird’s brave and challenging movements by the utilisation of poetic techniques, the reader is able to visualise the bird’s characteristic it inherits and gain a deeper understanding of nature and the impression of humanity distinctively.

The writer makes use of diction to express his feelings towards the literary work and to set the dramatic tone of the poem. Throughout the poem, there is repetition of the word “I”, which shows the narrator’s individual feeling of change in the heart, as he experiences the sight of hundreds of birds fly across the October sky. As the speaker effortlessly recounts the story, it is revealed how deeply personal it is to him. Updike applies the words “flock” and “bird” repetitively to the poem, considering the whole poem is about the sight of seeing so many birds and the effect this has on a person. When the speaker first sees the flock of birds in lines 8-10, alliteration is applied to draw attention to what the narrator is witnessing. In line 29, Updike

The title itself almost says the poem, providing implicit imagery and evoking a sense of freedom and wilderness. The geese are free and natural, unlike humans who are constrained by the values and attitudes inhibited on us by society in which we conform to and accept, hindering our ability to be truly free and released like the natural world is.

Diction affects the tone of the passage. Starting from line 14, the diction evolves into a more negative view. He uses biblical reference towards the beginning of the stanza. He begins to analyze his surroundings more rigorously, and sees the differences in how they look from a distance, to how they appear close by. Once this negative connotation has begun, the flock is said to be “paled, pulsed, compressed, distended, yet held an identity firm” (Lines 20-21). The author’s choice of words as in “less marvelous” (line 25) indicates his intention for making his lines definite, giving it a solid state of meaning. It symbolizes that the feeling of someone longing for something, and once they receive it are not as impressed by it. The diction plays a critical role when the tone of the qualities of nature are exposed. The author conveys the “trumpeting” of the geese as an exaltation to the beauty and simplicity of nature. “A cloud appeared, a cloud of dots like iron filings which a magnet underneath the paper undulates” (Lines 16-18). The iron filings in this phrase symbolize the issues the man faces. Once he looks closely at the flock, he realizes that these issues are only miniscule and do not add up to life in general. This elates him, thus concluding him to lift his heart.

I really enjoyed Hurt Hawks and it was very spiritual. In the poem, the Wild God is not Jesus but nature itself. The narrator I think feels relieved when he kills the Hawk. He does not want the Hawk to live its life without being able to fly. Flying is how Hawks do basically everything. It is almost like a human losing one of their abilities. I think it is sad when he has to kill the Hawk, but why should the Hawk have to live the rest of its life not being able to fly? It is a visual poem in my opinion. I can see the guy walking towards the injured Hawk, then taking it home to take care of it. I can visualize what the landscape looks like. The only thing I do not really see is, the Hawks sprit leaving its body. I just do not believe in spirits leaving the body, but I think it fits

In “Hawk Roosting” and “Golden Retrievals”, the poets characterize the speakers in their poems through the animal points of views. In the first poem shown, the animal is presented as confident superior and arrogant. The poem is written in first person perspective to describes the speaker's characteristics to the audience. The poem never says that the hawk is a hawk. The title describe the animal as a hawk. The poem is divided into three parts. The first two stanzas show the physical superiority of the hawk . The following next two stanzas illustrate the hawk’s power over nature and last two stanzas justify why he kills. Everything around the hawk works in favor of him. The high trees are convenient, the “ air’s buoyancy and the sun’s ray”(line 6) are advantages because the hawk owns everything around him. The hawk thinks it can do whatever it pleases,” I kill where I please because it is all mine.” (line 14) without having any of its consequences. The whole poem is a metaphor showing that the hawk is as powerful and mighty as the God that made him, “ now I hold creation in my foot” it is its own hero .” There is no sophistry in my body: my manners are tearing off heads”(line 15-16) that suggests that he’s saying there is no trickery in what it does and it doesn't need to justify himself because it’s his nature to do so. The hawk personifies humans and superiority by saying “hooked” and “feet”. Irregular and rhyme scheme are used in the poem. Rhyming is used with this phrase in the first stanza of the poem when “hooked feet”( line 3) rhymes with “kills and eat”( line 4) which symbolizes hawk’s two feet to capture it’s prey. Sentences in the poem are short which could symbolize the lives of the animals that were killed were short and ended quickly. Overall the hawk is displayed as the superior, above everyone, including its audience.The hawk has no intention to change,” Nothing has changed since i began”( line 22). The last line in the poem shows how he still has control over everyone and everything. He states that he is ‘going to keep things like this(line 24), he is going to keep his “reign” and maintain the conditions so that they remain in his hands.

Stanza 4 is about how money is necessary for life. It “holds your head above the water” and it “makes both ends meet”. “feathers a nest” means that you are

In the third stanza, a lot of imagery is used. The significant ones are present in the seventh and eleventh lines. In the first line, the poet writes, "A

At the bird’s appearance and apparent vocal articulation, he is at first impressed, then saddened. He compares this evening visitor as only another friend which will soon depart, just as “other friends have flown before” (58). But the raven again echoes quite aptly his one-word vocabulary, thus leading the man on to think more deeply about the possibilities that exist at this juncture. Somewhere deep inside him, he has realized that it doesn’t matter what question he poses, the bird will respond the same.

The poem is about the vulnerability, innermost torment and the suppression of an emotional and fragile personality symbolized through the image of a Bluebird hidden inside the speakers mind.