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Flashcards in Hawk Roosting Deck (11)
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1
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Poet?

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Ted Hughes

2
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Q - Personal pronouns from the start

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‘I sit’ ‘my eyes closed’

3
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Q - Meditative killing

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‘in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.’

4
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Q - Looking down

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‘the earth’s face upward for my inspection.’

5
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Q - God and creation

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‘It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold creation in my foot’

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Q - Dominance and Dictatorship

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‘I kill where i please because it is all mine.’

7
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Q - Sun

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‘The sun is behind me.’

8
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Q - Angel of Death

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‘allotment of death’

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Q - Last line, bold statement

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‘My eye has permitted no change. I am going to keep things like this.’

10
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Form:

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  • Dramatic Monologue
  • Hawk’s PoV
  • First person narrative
  • End-Stopping
11
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Structure:

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Beginning - Meditative state
Middle - God and Creation
End - No change/powerful statement