Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes centers around a predatory bird that is perched on a branch. The poem is told from the bird's point of view. The hawk's view of the world is highly self-involved. It sees itself as the most powerful being in existence where it is the master of life and death. The hawk goes so far as to place the sun and creation (God) behind himself because he is more powerful than they could ever be. The final three lines of...
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