Doty And Hawk Roosting

“Golden Retrievals” by Doty and “Hawk Roosting” by Hughes convey a message through nature; the former through a dog; the latter, a hawk. Doty takes on a slightly lighter tone to playfully criticize the audience--this is not limited to the dog’s owner--who are “sunk in the past” about things one “can never bring back.” Doty’s deliberate choice of the title and the onomatopoeias attempts to retrieve people lost worrying about tomorrow. Also, the short questions, exclamations, and parentheticals jab at the reader and convey the playful, yet effective message of living in the present. The latter poem’s tone differ significantly from the first. Hughes lashes out on the people who tries takes suppress and take “advantage” of the “whole of Creation”;