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Ted Hughes' early is said to be an observation of the world of creatures, which in turn confronts the behaviour and existence of humankind itself. Write about 'Hawk Roosting,' and 'The Jaguar' with reference to the above.

Ted Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd, west Yorkshire in 1930. His imagery is vividly cruel and violent, and his ability to convey beauty and horror, with his determination to understand the hearts of nature and mankind has received immediate recognition. Ted Hughes utilises much attention to detail, and hard-hitting language.

Ted Hughes uses the poems 'Hawk Roosting' and 'The Jaguar' to make representation of human behaviour, and confronts the existence of humankind as well. The 'Hawk Roosting' poem is a very interesting, and atmospheric description of the world of a Hawk. Ted Hughes displays the Hawk in a violent, and quite egotistical manor. The Hawk is described in such a honourable, and prestigious way but still it has raw aggression, and gruesome descriptions of killing, and power. The Hawk, in the poem, has been given this idea that he is a god and that everything revolves around him, and looks up to him. This idea relates well to the confrontation of the behaviour, and exis

tence of humankind itself with many people in the world having such a view upon many aspects of importance in the world. For example the political world is dominated by money, people with money have similar views as the Hawk, in that they think they have so much power and respect, when really they are just violent hunters, with gruesome tactics. Just like the image of the Hawk, they, and the world are just dictators of life.

The poem when read aloud sounds a bit like a politician's speech, because it follows the speech patterns of someone who wants to make an impression. There are some longer sentences, which set out his claims for example, 'The air's buoyancy and the sun's ray Are of advantage to me,' and some short statements 'The allotment of death...The sun is behind me' which make a strong impact. If you look at the last stanza: it is made up of four single-sentence lines, which state the hawk's case very strongly and need to be read slowly and seriously. They leave us with an idea of the hawk being a very assertive and strong willed character. The poem has interesting form; the poem is written in six regular stanzas. Perhaps the regularity and order of the stanzas reminds us of the control the hawk claims to have over the world.

There is a very egotistical impression of the Hawk, he is very self-satisfied and proud, he has no qualms about killing, because he is the controller and owner of everything; he has no regard for any life but his own. The poet may be scared that one creature can claim so much power over its fellow creatures; He sounds very authoritative, believing he is like a god. The poet is questioning exactly what the nature of a god creator is, and the poet is making the point that man (who believes himself capable of

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