Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes

Hawk roosting
The poem “hawk roosting” written by ted Hughes is presented as a dramatic monologue, in which the hawk is the speaker. It is an individual utterance, where the hawk starts the poem with the pronoun “I”. This particular start gives the readers an idea about the poem persona who has a powerful ego but who is at the same time manifesting his identity which stands firm and strong in the poem.
The hawk consequently shows its ruling power and dominance by stating “I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.” This verse is quite metaphorical as it shows the supremacy of the hawk who occupies the highest place in the wood just like a king in his palace. It also co notates that the hawk has an overconfident attitude in itself, as the” eyes closed” proves that the bird do not feel endangered or threatened by any predator. This brings forward the theme of arrogance that prevails all over the poem. “Inaction, no falsifying dream” “Between my hooked head and hooked feet” this adds upon the fact that the bird keeps showing his power by giving a physical description of itself, to add a realistic touch to its utterance. Therefore, personifying the hawk as being ferocious beast whose job is to kill and eat. This gives a crude image of a carnivorous being that even in his sleep is performing perfect kills and eat.
Simultaneously, in stanza two the hawk propagates the idea of his omnipotence by showing the collaboration of Nature with it “the high trees!” , ”Air’s buoyancy and the sun’s ray” “ Are an advantage to me;”. Here, it can be noted that Nature is used as a symbolism to show the foolishness of ordinary beings who tries to compare their finite body to the infinite cycle of nature. The symbolism of nature can be said is presented as an irony, where the hawk is supposedly thinking that nature is an advantage to it but is ignoring the concrete fact that nature is unpredictable and uncontrollable. Eventually, the hawk is personified as the embodiment of