Hawk Roosting Comparison
In Ted Hughes’s “Hawk Roosting” and Mark Doty’s “Golden Retrievals”, the speakers are characterized and convey different views of the world through the animals’ point of view.
In “Hawk Roosting”, the poem is told in first person which takes the reader into the eloquent mind of the hawk. The hawk reiterates his superiority through his elegant diction. He speaks in a manner of high intelligence, finishing his thoughts and being descriptive when depicting who he is and what he does. Furthermore, the mention of the hawks pleasure of killing displays his dominance and is followed by the line, “No arguments assert my right:” which emphasizes the hawk’s supremacy as he says that no arguments will be able to diminish his superior rights. In relation
In “Hawk Roosting”, the poem is told in first person which takes the reader into the eloquent mind of the hawk. The hawk reiterates his superiority through his elegant diction. He speaks in a manner of high intelligence, finishing his thoughts and being descriptive when depicting who he is and what he does. Furthermore, the mention of the hawks pleasure of killing displays his dominance and is followed by the line, “No arguments assert my right:” which emphasizes the hawk’s supremacy as he says that no arguments will be able to diminish his superior rights. In relation