New GCSE English Literature WJEC Eduqas Anthology Poetry Guide - for the Grade 9-1 Course
This is an overview and a quote analysis of the poem 'Hawk Roosting' by Ted Hughes. It is included in the poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature if you are doing the exam of WJEC Eduqas. It was made by me for the 2019 GCSE exams which I have just completed and of which I recieved a Grade 9 fo...
Poetry - Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes - Interpretation and Analysis
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Hawk Roosting – Ted Hughes
CONTEXT:
Was a fighter pilot in the RAF
Had a scholarship to Cambridge for English but later changed the
degree to archaeology and anthropology
He was apparently abusive to his wife and had an affair with her best
friend
His wife killed herself and left behind 2 children
He was a poet laureate
He tended to write a lot about the countryside and mythology and he
focused on imagination.
RHYME SCHEME:
Is written in six regular stanzas, each consisting of four lines. The poem
seems to have a regular metrical pattern, as it is laid out in regular
blocks. However it does not appear to fit a specific rhyme scheme.
TONE & MOOD:
Aggressive
Arrogant
Unapologetic
Uncompromising
Authoritative
Tyrannical
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